Heavy-duty agglomerators, pugmill mixers, and other process equipment for use in heap leaching, smelting, and other copper processing operations
Our two major copper mining operations in Chile include the Los Bronces and Collahuasi mines. Learn about our other copper mines here.
Mining group BHP and construction equipment manufacturer have signed an agreement to electrify BHP's entire truck fleet at the ndida copper mine in Chile. The first 798 AC electric dump trucks are to be delivered in the second half of 2023.
BNamericas looks at the seven major copper projects that are due to come online during 2023.
Mining company BHP has commenced autonomous drilling at its Spence copper operation located in northern Chile.
Global copper production is expected to increase by 4.8% to 22.6Mt in 2023. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Peru, and Chile will be the key contributors to the growth in global supply in 2023.
Chile is the number one producer of copper in the world. In 2018, the sector produced 5.8 million tons of copper. Its current world production market share is 30%. The mining sector's contribution to the country's GDP is approximately 10% (GDP 2018: ~USD $300 billion). The industry represents about 50% of the country's total exports.
Lundin voluntarily stopped work at the Alcaparrosa mine in July 2022 when the sinkhole appeared.
The relationship between water challenges and dominant initiatives used by copper mining companies in Chile.
After 69 days trapped deep in Chile's San José copper mine, 33 miners, hauled from the depths one at a time, stepped out of the tiny capsule and into the embrace of a cheering world.
Chile is targeting an acceleration of its nascent copper-production recovery over the coming years in what would help fill a predicted supply gap as the energy transition spurs demand for the ...
Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's copper producer, plans to boost production at its El Teniente mine to more than 500,000 tonnes per year by 2025, a first in the operation's history.
ABC Bank has made several big loans to a mining equipment manufacturer that sells its equipment to the copper mining industry in Chile. Political unrest in Chile is a source of what kind of risk for ABC Bank?
Chile's largest open pit copper mine, Chuquicamata, has officially started its conversion towards underground mining. The project will cost Codelco over $2 billion in the preliminary phase, but ...
Chile, the world's largest copper producer and host to the two biggest lithium miners, is rewriting its Constitution to replace a market-centric one that dates back to the military dictatorship ...
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% interest in Mantoverde copper mine in Chile for $263m.
Within the framework of C Week 2022, the Center for Copper and Mining Studies will hold the IV Mining and Sustainability Seminar on March 31st. With the support of GIZ, a complete study will be presented on strategic socio-technological niches that will allow the sustainability of the mining sector in. Press release.
In the early '90s, Chile had the perfect climate for economic prosperity, one in which the mining sector could play a significant role. Chile's institutional and political reforms allowed the copper mining industry to become a key driver of economic growth—helping the country make an unprecedented jump onto the world stage.
In April 2023, Chile's government approved the extension of Los Bronces, a major copper mine near the capital, Santiago, after having rejected it last year over environmental concerns.
The world's top five largest copper mining companies by production in 2020. 1. Codelco – 1.73 million tonnes. Founded in 1955 and nationalised in 1971, Santiago-headquartered Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile, also known as Codelco, is the world's top copper mining company. In 2020, it produced 1.73 million tonnes of copper, …
Chile. We mine copper from some of the world's biggest copper deposits located at our ndida, Spence and Cerro Colorado operations in Chile.
Here are the five largest copper mines by production in Chile, according to GlobalData's mining database.
Bordered by the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Chile possesses 6 of the planet's largest copper deposits, and 8 of the largest copper miners operate in Chile.
Mining here would potentially increase the copper output at Lomas Bayas from 60,000t/y to 90,000t/y, or extend the mine's life by five years to 2020. In June 2007, an expansion project to increase annual mine production at Lomas Bayas to 75,000t was approved. The project was successfully commissioned by the end of 2008, at acost of …
Marubeni Corporation (hereinafter, "Marubeni"), in partnership with UK-based Antofagasta plc (hereinafter, "Antofagasta"), have finalized the decision to invest in an expansion project at Minera Centinela (hereinafter, "Centinela copper mine") located in the Republic of Chile.
The Morenci copper mine is located in Greenlee County, Arizona, in the southwestern part of the US. It is among the largest copper producers in North America. US-based mining company Freeport-McMoRan operates the Morenci project. The company owns a 72% interest while the remaining 28% is held by Sumitomo Metal …
The copper price catapulted to a record high of $4.762 per pound ($10,476 a tonne) in 2021 as top consumer China staged an economic rebound and exchange inventories hit a 47-year low.
Mines in the biggest copper-producing nation are struggling just as demand for the wiring metal is expected to accelerate in the shift away from fossil fuels. Chile, which accounts for a quarter ...
Here are the five largest copper mines by production in Australia, according to GlobalData's mining database.
In 2020, Codelco was by far the leading company in the Chilean mining sector, generating more than 14 billion U.S.
The Chilean Andina mine is a copper mine of the state-owned Codelco mining company in Los Andes Province in Aconcagua Valley near the capital Santiago de Chile. The mining activities are exacerbating the water shortage in the region in three ways: polluting the surrounding waters. consuming vast amounts of water.
As demand for clean energy rises and supply falls short, copper miners must transition toward more sustainable and efficient operations. Learn more.
Chile is the world's largest copper producer, providing nearly one-third of the global supply. Copper mining is a pillar of the Chilean economy and is credited with driving economic development there over the last 30 years.
The Candelaria and Ojos del Salado copper, gold, and silver mines are located in Chile's Atacama Province.
Caserones is an open pit copper-molybdenum mine which produces high-quality copper concentrate, copper cathode and molybdenum concentrate. Lundin Mining is the operator, holding a 51% interest in Minera Lumina Copper Chile, with JX Metals Corporation holds the remaining 49% interest. Lundin Mining acquired its ownership from JX Metals …
Hot Chili has entered into option deals to acquire interest in Marsellesa and Cordillera, two copper mine areas in Chile.
Here are the ten largest copper mines by production across the world, according to GlobalData's mining database.
Critical Mineral Geopolitics: Latin America's untapped potential. Latin America holds half the world's lithium. How will increasing government control, foreign exploitation and a proposed Argentina-Chile-Bolivia alliance affect production? Alex Blair September 13, 2023. Aerial view of the La ndida open-pit copper mine in Chile.
