Cerro Negro Norte
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| Location | |
|---|---|
  Cerro Negro Norte | |
| Atacama Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 27°06′20″S 70°20′43″W / 27.1055166667°S 70.3453638889°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron |
| History | |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Compañía Minera del Pacífico |
Cerro Negro Norte is an open-pit iron mine in northern Chile about 28 km north of the port of the city of Copiapó. The ore of the mine is one of various iron oxide-apatite (IOA) ores that are part of the north-south Chilean Iron Belt. The mine opened in 2010 and in 2021 it had a production of 4,000,000 metric tons of iron.[1] It produces iron ore concentrate that is trasnported as pulp in pipelines to the port of Punta Totoralillo located 55 km northwest of the mine.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cerro Negro Norte". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Cerro Negro Norte – Improvement Project". idom.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
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