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CHUQUICAMATA MINE Calama Chile

A complete tour inside the mine facilities the panoramic view of the mine is really remarkable the mine is 6 klms long 4 klms wide and 1 klm deep An institutional video containing information on mine workings and copper extraction will be displayed

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Chuquicamata copper mine Chile s huge open pit copper

photo a worker from the National Copper Mine Corporation or Codelco looks at the area where a new tunnel is marked to be drilled at the Chuquicamata copper mine in the Atacama desert in northern Chile AP This project is not only seeking to guarantee the production of Chuquicamata but ensure

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Krohnkite Type Locality Mine

KRD 12 Krohnkite Type Chuquicamata Mine Calama El Loa Province Antofagasta Region Chile uncommon and uncommonly attractive is a hydrated sodium copper

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Copper Mining in Chile UTA

Copper Mining in Chile • Chilean Copper Mining Facts o In 1911 o By the late 1950s the three principal copper mines in Chile were Chuquicamata

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chuquicamata copper mine

Chuquicamata mining centre Chile Britannicacom Chuquicamata Mining and smelting centre northern Chile It lies near Calama at 9350 feet 2850 m above sea level and is the largest openpit mine in the world

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Chuquicamata Underground Mine Chile Sika AG

Going Deep For Copper Underground Chuquicamata is a strategic mining project for Codelco the state owned Chilean copper mining company The project includes the transition of the large open pit mine which is in operation for 90 years to an underground mining operation

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Chile s huge open pit copper mine goes underground Yahoo

· CHUQUICAMATA Chile AP — From above it looks like a colossal amphitheater carved from rock or the vast crater from a meteorite that crashed into Chile s Atacama desert ages ago Inside the world s largest open pit copper mine dump trucks as big as two story houses work around the clock to

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Copper Mining Boise State University

Chuquicamata mine is located in Chile right in the middle of a volcanic area Clicking on the map marker C to the left will take you to a satellite view of the mine with information about its surrounding area

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CHAPTER X Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata I N CIRCLES where mining men are wont to fraternize a state ment often heard is The Chile Copper Company Anaconda subsidiary the

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BBC News Chile copper strike gets underway

Workers at the world s second biggest copper mine have begun strike action over pay according to union leaders The walk out at the Chuquicamata mine in Chile began at 0500 local time on Monday 0800 GMT The strike is likely to hit production at Codelco the owner of the mine and the world s

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About Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata choo kee kə MAH tə or Chuqui as it is more familiarly known is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world located in the north of Chile just outside Calama at 2 850 m 9 350 ft above sea level 215 km 134 mi northeast of Antofagasta and 1 240 km 770 mi north of the capital Santiago

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Codelco Heritage

The Chuquicamata copper mine the biggest open pit mine in the world has been known both for its great richness as well as for its remarkable size taking into account that it is geographically located in the most arid desert in the world