Antucoya
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Border between Maria Elena and Mejillones |
| Region | Antofagasta Region |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 22°38′2.35′′S 69°52′35.34′′W / 22.6339861°S 69.8764833°W / -22.6339861; -69.8764833 |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper |
| Production | 77,800 tonnes copper cathode |
| Financial year | 2023 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2017 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Antofagasta Minerals (70%) Marubeni Copper Holdings Limited (30%) |
| Website | web.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] Among the workers 48.3% are from Antofagasta Region and 23% are female.[2] It lies about 125 km northeast of the port city of Antofagasta.[3] The ore mined in Antucoya consists of copper oxides which are processed using solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW).[3] The final prime product of the mine is copper cathode.[3]
The mine holds The Copper Mark environmental certificate.[4]
The ores belong to a porphyry copper system that intruded La Negra Formation and cooled in Early Cretaceous times.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Antucoya". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025年05月09日.
- ^ "Minera Antucoya celebra ocho años y va por un nuevo salto en competitividad, excelencia y mejora continua". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2025年07月28日. Retrieved 2025年09月14日.
- ^ a b c "Antucoya". Antofagasta PLC. Retrieved 2025年05月19日.
- ^ "The role of the Copper Mark in responsible mining". Bnamericas. 2022年09月09日. Retrieved 2025年08月21日.
- ^ Maksaev, Victor; Munizaga, Francisco; Fanning, Mark; Palacios, Carlos; Tapia, José (2006). "SHRIMP U–Pb dating of the Antucoya porphyry copper deposit: new evidence for an Early Cretaceous porphyry-related metallogenic epoch in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile". Mineralium Deposita . 41 (7): 637–644.
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