Chuquicamata (/tʃuːkiːkəˈmɑːtə/choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world.[citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level. It is 215 km (134 mi) northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km (770 mi) north of the capital, Santiago. Flotation and smelting facilities were installed in 1952, and expansion of the refining facilities in 1968 made 500,000 tons annual copper production possible in the late 1970s. Previously part of Anaconda Copper, the mine is now owned and operated by Codelco, a Chilean state enterprise, since the Chilean nationalization of copper in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) makes it the second deepest open-pit mine in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, United States.
Chuquicamata (/tʃuːkiːkəˈmɑːtə/ choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in...
Codelco that is made of the Chuquicamata and Radomiro Tomic mining areas. Copper has been mined for centuries at Chuquicamata as was shown by the discovery...
porphyry copper deposits that contain 0.4 to 1.0% copper. Sites include Chuquicamata, in Chile, Bingham Canyon Mine, in Utah, United States, and El Chino...
operations in Chile and Mexico (Cananea). The mining operation in Chile (Chuquicamata), was acquired from the Guggenheims in 1923. It cost Anaconda $77 million...
in the 16th century to the vast current porphyry copper deposits of Chuquicamata and Escondida in Chile and Toquepala in Peru. Other metals including...
m elevation), where solar energy is more than 3.000 kWh/m2 per year. Chuquicamata El Teniente El Salvador mine Los Pelambres mine Potrerillos, Chile Chanarcillo...
Guevara was angered by the working conditions of the miners at Anaconda's Chuquicamata copper mine, moved by his overnight encounter in the Atacama Desert with...
east of Antofagasta, some 106 km (60 mi) southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano. It features a significant...
Bolivia, including the Bolivian coast. Chile took control of today's Chuquicamata area, the adjoining rich salitre (saltpeter) fields, and the port of...
porphyry copper deposits such as the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah and the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile produce molybdenum as a byproduct of copper-mining...
oxidised zones in several copper mines across the world, including the Chuquicamata mine in Chile, and the Antler mine in Arizona, US from which it takes...
third deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine and Chuquicamata). The nearby settlement of Udachny is named for the deposit. As of 2010[update]...
Afghanistan; Australia (Victoria and Queensland); north India; northern Chile (Chuquicamata); Cornwall; Saxony; Silesia; and Turkestan. The pastel shades of turquoise...
the three principal copper mines in Chile were Chuquicamata, El Salvador, and El Teniente. Chuquicamata and El Salvador were owned by the Anaconda Copper...
January 1995. ISBN 9789054105503. "Chuquicamata | MINING.com". 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2015-06-11. "Chuquicamata's Life Underground Will Cost a Fortune...
steam shovels from the Panama Canal were purchased and put to use in Chuquicamata copper mine of northern Chile. A Marion steam shovel excavating the Panama...
has a strength class of 10,000 N/mm (57,000 lbf/in) and it operates at Chuquicamata mine, in Chile. Polyester, nylon and cotton are popular with low strength...
Santiago (Codelco Corporate Headquarters) Santiago → Calama Calama (Chuquicamata) San Pedro de Atacama (Valley of the Dead) Episode summary At the start...
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