Antucoya

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Antucoya
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Antucoya
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Antucoya
LocationBorder between Maria Elena and Mejillones
Region Antofagasta Region
Country Chile
Coordinates 22°38′2.35″S69°52′35.34″W / 22.6339861°S 69.8764833°W / -22.6339861; -69.8764833
Production
Products Copper
Production77,800 tonnes copper cathode
Financial year2023
Owner
Company Antofagasta Minerals (70%)
Marubeni Copper Holdings Limited (30%)
Websiteweb.antucoya.cl/

Antucoya is an open pit copper mine located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. More precisely it lies straddling the borders of the communes of Maria Elena and Mejillones in Antofagasta Region. [1] As of 2023 it employed on average 2,661 workers, including contractors. [1] It lies about 125 km northeast of the port city of Antofagasta. [2] The ore mined in Antucoya consists of copper oxides which are processed using solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW). [2] The final prime product of the mine is copper cathode. [2]

The mine holds the The Copper Mark environmental certificate. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Antucoya". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  2. 1 2 3 "Antucoya". Antofagasta PLC. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  3. ↑ "The role of the Copper Mark in responsible mining". Bnamericas. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
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