El Teniente mine

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El Teniente mine is one of the world’s largest underground copper mines, located in central Chile and operated by the state-owned company Codelco.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf copper mine
mining operation
underground mine
codelcoDivision Codelco División El Teniente
continent South America
country Chile
currentOwner Codelco
discoveredInCentury 19th century
earlyExploitationBy private Chilean companies
economicImportance important source of export revenue for Chile
major contributor to Chilean copper production
employs thousands of workers
environmentalManagement subject to Chilean environmental regulations
geologicalSetting Andean copper belt
hasInfrastructure extensive underground tunnel network
ore handling system
underground rail system
hasType large-scale industrial mine
industry mining industry
languageOfWorkEnvironment Spanish
laterOwnedBy Braden Copper Company
Kennecott Copper Corporation
locatedIn O'Higgins Region NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange Andes
locatedNear Rancagua NERFINISHED
mineralType porphyry copper deposit
miningMethod panel caving
underground mining
nationalization nationalized by Chile in 1971
nearCity Rancagua NERFINISHED
notableFor large underground workings
long history of copper production
operator Codelco
ownedBy Codelco
Government of Chile
primaryCommodity copper concentrate
processingFacility Concentrator plant
Refinery
Smelter
product copper
gold
molybdenum
silver
regionCapitalNearby Rancagua NERFINISHED
safetyConcern underground mining hazards
significance one of the world’s largest underground copper mines

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
O’Higgins Region
hasNotableMine

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