Chuquicamata
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chuquicamata-184-16048447
title:
Chuquicamata
text:
Chuquicamata is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. 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 Copp
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description:
Largest open pit mine in the world by volume
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuquicamata
date created:
2004-06-20T20:08:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:22:00Z
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