Punta Totoralillo
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Punta Totoralillo is located in Chile Punta Totoralillo Punta Totoralillo Location in Chile | |
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| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 26°51′15.99′′S 70°48′56.37′′W / 26.8544417°S 70.8156583°W / -26.8544417; -70.8156583 |
| Details | |
| Owned by | Compañía Minera del Pacífico |
| Land area | 267.75 ha[1] |
Punta Totoralillo is a major industrial port for export of mining products in Chile's Atacama Region that serves multiple mines.
History
[edit ]Location and operations
[edit ]The port lies 25 km north of the port city of Caldera [1] and serves the iron mine of Cerro Negro Norte [2] from which it receives iron ore concentrate from a 82 km long pipeline.[3] Punta totoralillo also receives iron ore concentrate (>66% Fe) from Planta Magnetita through a 120 km-long buried pipeline.[4] Planta Magnetita concentrates ore from the processing of the tailings of the copper mine of Candelaria and some of the iron ore of Los Colorados.[4] [5] In 2017 an agreement was signed for the copper mine of Caserones to start export its products from Punta Totoralillo.[6] [7]
Ownership and incidents
[edit ]The port is owned by Compañía Minera del Pacífico.[8] Its construction begun in 2006 and the first ores were shipped from it in 2008.[8] [1] In 2011 the port was approved by authorities to carry out modifications allowing it receive ore from third parties like Bellavista mine of Santa Fe Mining.[9] [10] The port was closed from December 2011 to April 2012 as result of an industrial fire.[11]
Climate
[edit ]Punta Totoralillo lies in an area of cold desert climate.[12]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Inician construcción de puerto minero Punta Totoralillo". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2006年02月10日. Retrieved 2025年08月19日.
- ^ "Iron Market". CMP . Retrieved 2025年05月14日.
- ^ "Especial Proyectos Mineros: Cerro Negro Norte, Proyecto Angie y Fundición Hernán Videla Lira". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2025年02月10日. Retrieved 2025年08月17日.
- ^ a b "Planta Magnetita". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025年05月09日.
- ^ "Mina Los Colorados". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025年05月09日.
- ^ "Puerto Punta Totoralillo: Se firma contrato con Caserones". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2017年02月07日. Retrieved 2025年10月22日.
- ^ "Modificación del Puerto Totoralillo: Negociaciones de Minera Caserones y CAP rindieron fruto". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2017年02月17日. Retrieved 2025年10月22日.
- ^ a b "Puerto Punta Totoralillo [Caldera, Chile]". hal.science. Retrieved 2025年05月22日.
- ^ "CMP logra aprobación para cancha de acopio temporal en puerto Punta Totoralillo". BNamericas (in Spanish). 2011年05月02日. Retrieved 2025年09月15日.
- ^ "CMP ofrecerá un nuevo servicio en puerto Punta Totoralillo". MundoMaritimo (in Spanish). 2010年12月27日. Retrieved 2025年09月21日.
- ^ Adaos, Yislem (2012年04月20日). "Se reiniciaron las operaciones del puerto Punta Totoralillo". Soy Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025年10月22日.
- ^ "Punta Totoralillo, Caldera, Provincia de Copiapó, Región de Atacama, Chile". Mindat . Retrieved 2025年10月22日.
