A mining company dedicated to the extraction and production of copper and molybdenum concentrate.
Links
- https://www.collahuasi.cl/en/quienes-somos/la-compania/
- https://goo.gl/maps/xs7CPsutC4efQZL56
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-39273.html
Notes
Owners: Anglo American plc (44%), Glencore (44%) and Japan Collahuasi Resources B.V. (12%)
Start operations: 1880
Workforce: 5,100
Ore processed (sulphide): 60 Mt
Ore grade: 1.15%
Copper production: 558.6 kt
Products: Cu concentrate, Mo concentrate, copper cathode
Operations: open pit mine, flotation, heap leach, SX-EW
Projects & highlights:
- Third largest mine in 2024 according to ICSG
- One of the world's largest copper deposits: 10.4 Mt
- Concentrate is transported as a slurry through pipelines over 203 km to the Collahuasi Maritime Terminal, where the Mo concentrate process takes place
Koppen climate type: ET - Tundra
Media
- May-26: Chile Pulls Environmental Permit for Collahuasi Copper Mine Expansion (checked 21-May-26)
- Apr-26: Techint completes seawater pumping system for Chile’s Collahuasi mine (checked 15-Apr-26)
- Apr-2023: Metso Outotec flotation cells part of Collahuasi’s expansion plans (checked 19-May-2025)
- Aug-2022: Collahuasi looks for shorter term Scope 1 emissions cuts with hydrogen injection & synthetic fuels (checked 19-May-2025)
Created: May-25; updated Feb-26, Apr-26