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Collahuasi mine
Location
Tarapaca Region
CountryChile
Production
ProductsCopper

The Collahuasi mine is a large copper mine located at high altitude in the north of Chile in the Tarapaca Region. Collahuasi represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 3.93 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.66% copper.[1]

FCAB ore train crossing the Ascotán salt flat at the mine

References

  1. ^ "Copper mines". angloamerican.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2013-07-06.