 Tailings pond at the Antamina mine | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Antamina mine | |
| Department | Ancash[1] |
| Country | Peru |
| Coordinates | 9°32′14″S 77°03′40″W / 9.5372°S 77.0611°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper, zinc, molybdenum |
| Type | Open-pit[2] |
| History | |
| Opened | October 1, 2001[3] |
| Owner | |
| Company | Teck Resources (22.5%), BHP (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%), Mitsubishi Corporation (10%)[2] |
| Website | www |
The Antamina mine in the Andes Mountains of Peru is one of the largest copper/zinc mines in the world. It is an open pit mine which had an estimated life of mine at 15 years. It also produced molybdenum. The mine is jointly owned by Teck Resources, BHP, Glencore, and Mitsubishi Corporation[2] and independently operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A.[1] It produced 390,800 tons of copper concentrate in 2006, 461,000 tons[4] in 2013. The total capital expenditure of the mine by 2013 was US$2.3 billion. İt is located at an altitude of 4,300 meters above sea level.[5]
In 2014, unionized mine workers went on strike over pay and benefits.[6][7]
- ^ a b BHP. "Peru". BHP. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Teck Resources. "Antamina". Teck. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Antamina. "Nuestra historia". Antamina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Antamina Copper Mine, Peru". Digiscend. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Antamina Copper-Zinc Mine".
- ^ Dube, Ryan (10 November 2014). "Peru's Antamina Says Workers Begin Strike at Copper Mine". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Dube, Ryan (15 December 2014). "Peru Workers' Strike at Antamina Mine Has Ended". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.