Minera Escondida

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Minera Escondida is one of the world’s largest and most productive copper mines, located in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf copper mine
open-pit mine
commodity copper
continent South America
country Chile
discoveryYear 1981
economicImpact important source of fiscal revenue for Chile
major contributor to Chilean copper exports
elevation over 3000 meters above sea level
employs thousands of workers
environment high-altitude desert
hasFacility concentrator plant
desalination plant
leach pads
oxide plant
hasPit Escondida Norte pit NERFINISHED
Escondida pit NERFINISHED
Zaldívar (nearby associated operations) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Antofagasta Region NERFINISHED
Atacama Desert
northern Chile
majorityOwner BHP NERFINISHED
miningMethod open-pit mining
nearCity Antofagasta NERFINISHED
operator BHP NERFINISHED
oreType porphyry copper deposit
owner BHP NERFINISHED
JECO NERFINISHED
JECO 2 NERFINISHED
Rio Tinto NERFINISHED
processingMethod electrowinning
flotation
leaching
solvent extraction
product cathode copper
copper
copper concentrate
gold (by-product)
silver (by-product)
regulator Government of Chile NERFINISHED
sector mining industry
significance one of the world’s largest copper mines
one of the world’s most productive copper mines
startOfOperation 1990
usesResource electric power
sea water (desalinated)

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La Escondida copper mine nativeName Minera Escondida