The mineral industry is one of the main sectors of the Armenian economy and in 2017 accounted for 30.1% of its exports.
Mount Toromocho, meaning in Spanish "a bull with no horns", is a mountain in the Junín Region, Peru that sits next to the long established mining camp of Morococha and hosts a large polymetallic metal deposit. It is now owned by the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco), a parent company of Chinalco Mining Corporation International (CMC). Minera Chinalco Perú S.A., a subsidiary of CMC which operates the Toromocho mine, is boosting the mine's productivity with a new production line.
The Bagdad Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. Bagdad represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 873.6 million tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper. It is located in Yavapai County, Arizona, just west of the unincorporated community of Bagdad. It is owned by Freeport-McMoRan. Copper is produced from chalcopyrite and molybdenum from molybdenite. Copper oxides include chrysocolla, malachite and azurite. The mine's concentrator has a capacity of 75,000 metric tons per day using stockpile leaching, with pressure leaching for molybdenum.
The Myszków mine is a large mine in the centre of Poland in Myszków, Myszków County, 258 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Myszków represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,334 million tonnes of ore grading 0.15% copper and 2.37 g/tonnes silver. The 1.334 billion tonnes of ore contains 2 million tonnes of copper metal and around 3,200 tonnes of silver but the deposit also grades 0.07% molybdenum that contains 934,000 tonnes of molybdenum metal and 0.05% tungsten that contains 667,000 tonnes of tungsten metal.
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. was a full cycle mining company with acquisition, exploration, development, and operation in North America. The corporate office was located in Denver, Colorado. The company primarily produced copper, gold, and molybdenum. Over its history, the Company evolved from being a major primary molybdenum producer to becoming a copper and gold mining company with the construction and development of the Mount Milligan mine and concentrator in British Columbia, Canada. Mount Milligan was Thompson Creek Metals principal operation and the company owned 100% of this property. The company also owned 100% of its Thompson Creek Mine in Idaho. Thompson Creek Metals owned 75% joint venture interest in two other properties, including its Endako Mine in British Columbia, and its Langeloth Metallurgical Facility (roaster) in Pennsylvania. Thompson Creek Metals had additional development projects, including the Berg property in British Columbia.
Seabridge Gold is a Toronto-based North American resource exploration company. It owns Kerr Sulphurets Mitchell (KSM), a copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry project in northern British Columbia. KSM's proven-probable reserves amount to 38.2 million ounces of gold, 191 million ounces of silver, 9.988 billion pounds of copper and 213 million pounds of molybdenum. Gold reserves at the Courageous Lake deposit total 6.5 million ounces. The property is part of a bigger deposit containing another gold project known as Snowfield ; the entire deposit is the largest undeveloped gold deposit in North America. The KSM project will cost more than $4.7 billion to build but funding is not yet in place.
Kajaran, is a town and the centre of the urban community of Kajaran, in Syunik Province at the south of Armenia. It is located 356 km south of the capital Yerevan, 25 km west of the provincial centre Kapan, and 50 km north of the Armenia-Iran border.
Erdenet Mining Corporation - mining corporation in Erdenet, Mongolia.
The Zharchikhinski mine is one of the largest molybdenum mines in Russia. The mine is located near Ulan-Ude in south-east Russia in Buryatia. The Zharchikhinski mine has reserves amounting to 110 million tonnes of molybdenum ore grading 0.09% molybdenum thus resulting 100,000 tonnes of molybdenum.
The Sorsk mine is one of the largest molybdenum mines in Russia. The mine is located near Abakan in south Russia in Khakassia. The Sorsk mine has reserves amounting to 140.3 million tonnes of molybdenum ore grading 0.05% molybdenum thus resulting 70,000 tonnes of molybdenum.
The Zhireken mine is one of the largest molybdenum mines in Russia. The mine is located near Zhireken in south-west Russia in Zabaykalsky Krai. The Zhireken mine has reserves amounting to 57.3 million tonnes of molybdenum ore grading 0.05% molybdenum thus resulting 28,700 tonnes of molybdenum.
The Los Chancas mine is a large copper mine located in the Apurímac Region of southern Peru. Los Chancas represents one of the largest copper reserves in Peru and in the world, having an estimated 726 million tonnes of ore grading 0.47% copper, 0.04% molybdenum and 0.9 million oz of gold.
The Galeno mine is a large copper mine located in the north of Peru in Loreto Region. Galeno represents one of the largest copper reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 716 million tonnes of ore grading 0.5% copper, 0.013% molybdenum, 2.75 million oz of gold and 57.5 million oz of silver.
The Constancia mine is a large copper mine in the south of Peru in Moquegua Region. Constancia is one of the largest copper reserves in the world, having estimated reserves of 440 million tonnes of ore grading 0.34% copper, 0.01% molybdenum, 0.7 million oz of gold and 50.2 million oz of silver.
The Yandera mine is a large copper mine located in the east of Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. Yandera represents one of the largest copper reserve in Papua New Guinea and in the world having estimated reserves of 580 million tonnes of ore grading 0.41% copper, 0.01% molybdenum and 1.1 million oz of gold.
The Junín mine is a large copper mine located in the west of Ecuador in Manabí Province. Junín represents one of the largest copper reserve in Ecuador and in the world having estimated reserves of 982 million tonnes of ore grading 0.89% copper, 0.04% molybdenum and 59.7 million oz of silver.
The Lobash mine is one of the largest molybdenum mines in Russia. The mine is located in north-west Russia in Republic of Karelia. The Lobash mine has reserves amounting to 128.1 million tonnes of molybdenum ore grading 0.14% molybdenum thus resulting 132,000 tonnes of molybdenum.
The Bugdainskoe mine is a large molybdenum mine located in the south of Russia in Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai. Bugdainskoe represents one of the largest molybdenum reserve in Russia and in the world having estimated reserves of 813 million tonnes of ore grading 0.08% molybdenum, 0.35million oz of gold and 6.2 million oz of silver.
The Sierrita Mine is a large copper mine located in the Sierrita Mountains of Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. Sierrita was operated by Phelps Dodge until 2007 when it was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan. The mine represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world. The deposit had estimated reserves of 907 million metric tons of ore grading 0.26% copper and 0.03% molybdenum along with additional 2.4 billion tons at 0.21% copper and 0.02% molybdenum.
Molybdenum mining in the United States produced 65,500 metric tons of molybdenum in 2014, worth US$1.8 billion. The US was the world’s second-largest molybdenum producer, after China, and provided 25% of the world’s supply of molybdenum.
