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Major Mines & Projects | Centinela (Esperanza, El Tesoro) Mine

Centinela mines sulphide and oxide deposits. In December 2023, Antofagasta announced the approval of the Centinela Second Concentrator Project, which will add 170,000 tonnes of copper-equivalent production. The timeline for development is three years, with first copper production expected in 2027. Ore for the new concentrator (Centinela Second ...

Teck opens new copper concentrator at Carmen de Andacollo in Chile

Teck Resources held an inauguration ceremony last Friday to celebrate the recent start of operations at its new Carmen de Andacollo copper concentrator. It reached commercial production in October 2010 and has extended mine life by about 20 years, increased production capacity and created approximately 350 new jobs.

ndita Copper Mine Construction

Bechtel provided engineering, procurement, and construction services for the expansion of the world's largest copper mine, Minera ndida, completing the billion-dollar job in 2002. Our scope of work included building a new concentrator, upgrading crushing and material-handling systems, and constructing a 6.2-mile (10-kilometer) long conveyor …

How is Copper Ore Processed

Since the first article appeared in Trefoil a new concept in the treatment of the copper minerals, oxides and sulphides has been brought about through the progressive research of the Metallurgical Staff of the Concentrator Department.

Quebrada Blanca Copper Mine, Tarapaca Region, Chile

Quebrada Blanca copper mine is a two-phased open-pit mine being developed by Teck Resources in the Tarapaca Region of Chile, South America.

Chilean startup to scale-up tech to boost copper production …

Ceibo, a Chilean mining startup, is promising to improve copper production with less water and is aiming to expand tests to Canada, the United States, Mexico and Peru, the company's CEO Cristobal ...

NuevaUnion Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Project, Atacama, Chile

The NuevaUnion copper-gold-molybdenum project is being developed in Huasco Province in the Atacama region of Chile by Teck Resources and Goldcorp.

BHP opens US$2.46 billion copper concentrator at Spence

Global miner BHP inaugurated a new copper concentrator plant on May 13 at its Spence operation in northern Chile, which will extend the life of the mine for …

Antofagasta to invest $4.4bn in Centinela expansion

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta has approved the construction of its Centinela Second Concentrator project, which will add 170 000 t/y of copper-equivalent to the company's production. "The ...

Antofagasta plans 20% increase in copper output by 2026

Five-year production could reach around 900,000 tonnes of copper by 2026 if the second concentrator at its Centinela mine in Chile is approved.

BHP completes commissioning of $2.46B copper plant at …

The diversified mining company expects the new copper concentrator plant to extend the mine life of its Spence operations in Chile by 50 years.

Chilean Copper Miners Recover

A year ago, back in March 2020, all copper miners, including Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), the world's largest, were facing a 1-2 punch: the uncertainty of operating in a COVID-19 pandemic with …

BHP inaugurates new copper concentrator in Spence to …

BHP CEO Mike Henry led the opening of Spence's new copper concentrator plant today. The project required an investment of $2.46 billion and has a …

News releases

The Mantoverde Development Project ("MVDP") represents a transformational expansion of our Mantoverde mine in Chile to process sulphide ore via a copper concentrator, in addition to the mine's current oxide ore processing capabilities.

supplies concentrator plant equipment for a copper …

has been awarded a major order to deliver key concentrator equipment for a copper mining project in Chile. The value of the order is approximately EUR 55 million, and it is booked in the Minerals segment's first …

Innovations: Phelps Dodge Morenci Has Converted All Copper …

The new "mine-for-leach" process uses bacteria to extract copper from the ore and solvent extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW) to recover copper from the resulting leach liquor. Phelps Dodge has ceased all recovery of copper from sulfide mineral concentrates by means of conventional smelting operations at its Morenci, Arizona operations ...

Los Pelambres Copper Mine, Increased Capacity | Bechtel

Major BHP has cut the ribbon at the new $2.46-billion copper concentrator at its Spence operations, in Chile, which will allow the operation life to extend by some …

BHP says expanded Spence mine in Chile to hit full …

Global miner BHP said on Monday it expected to hit full capacity production following the expansion of its Spence copper mine within 12 months and be producing 300,000 tonnes per year up until at ...

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Santo Domingo Project Region III, Chile NI 43-101 …

engineering design and construction for copper projects in Chile. As a result of my experience and qualifications, I am a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43–101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43–101). I have not visited the Santo Domingo Project.

Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper project, Chile – update

Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) copper project. Tarapacá region, northern Chile. On March 29, 2019, Teck Resources concluded a transaction where SMM/SC subscribed to a 30% indirect interest in QBSA ...

Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator

The Mount Isa Mines (MIM) copper concentrator at Mount Isa processes both chalcopyrite ore from the MIM underground mine and rotary holding furnace (RHF) slag from the MIM copper smelter. There have been numerous changes to the processing practices since commissioning this concentrator in 1973. Current management of the concentrator …

to deliver copper concentrator plant equipment to …

Minera Arqueros S.A. has awarded an order to deliver the key equipment for their greenfield copper sulfide concentrator plant project located in Coquimbo, Chile. The value of the order exceeds EUR 10 million, of which the majority has been booked in the Minerals segment's third-quarter 2023 orders received and the rest …

BHP completes commissioning of $2.46B copper plant at …

BHP Group Ltd. completed commissioning of a $2.46 billion copper concentrator plant that will extend the mine life of its Spence operations in Chile by 50 …

BHP inaugurates a new copper concentrator in Spence which …

The US$2,460mn copper concentrator plant in Chile has a throughput of 95,000tpd, producing copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate. BHP has extended the line of mine at Spence in Chile by …

Caserones copper mine in Chile says to close copper concentrator

SANTIAGO, April 3 (Reuters) – Caserones copper mine in Chile said on Tuesday that it would temporarily shut down its copper concentrator in order to replace a leaking pipe. The Environmental ...

Caserones copper mine in Chile says to close copper concentrator

Caserones copper mine in Chile said on Tuesday that it would temporarily shut down its copper concentrator in order to replace a leaking pipe.

USING DATA MINING TO ASSESS AND MODEL THE METALLURGICAL EFFICIENCY OF …

In this research work various data mining techniques were utilized to model and predict the metallurgical efficiency of a copper concentrator (i.e., recovery and enrichment ratio) as a function of the process variables (i.e., feed copper grade, dosage of flotation reagents, particle size and slurry solids concentration of the feed reported to ...

Mantoverde Development Project | Minerals & Metals

With proven experience delivering cost-effective projects under lumpsum EPC contracts, Ausenco was selected to lead the engineering, procurement, construction, and production ramp-up to nameplate for a copper concentrator plant and related infrastructure - including the expansion of the desalination plant and the tailings dam - at the Mantoverde …

ndida Mine in Chile- One of the largest copper mines in …

ndida open-pit mine in Chile is one of the largest copper mines in the world. It has been operating continuously since late 1990.

BHP and Microsoft use AI to lift ndida copper recovery

30 May 2023. A new collaboration between BHP and Microsoft has used artificial intelligence and machine learning with the aim of improving copper recovery at the world's largest copper mine. The use of new digital technology to optimise concentrator performance at BHP's ndida operation in Chile is expected to improve copper …

ndida Organic Growth Project 1

With the forecast of increasing copper production for the ndida mine, the construction of Organic Growth Project 1 (known as OGP1) was approved in 2012 to replace the Los Colorados concentrator, delivering additional processing capacity and allowing access to high-grade ore. BHP partnered with Bechtel to execute Organic Growth Project 1 ...