Our Quellaveco copper mine, located in Peru, started production in mid-2022 and is one of the largest greenfield copper mines to be built in recent decades; it sits in the first quartile of the global cost curve and we delivered the project on time and on budget. In its first 10 years of production, it is expected to produce on average around 300,000 tonnes of copper per annum (100% basis).
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Owner: Anglo American 60%, Mitsubishi Corp. 40%
Start operations: 2022
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Copper production: 350 ktpa
Products: copper concentrate; co-products: Ag, Mo
Operations: open pit mine, mill, concentration plant
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Köppen-Geiger climate zone: BWk
Media
- Jun-26: Caterpillar autonomous 794 AC fleet at Quellaveco passes 500 Mt hauled milestone (checked 25-Jun-26)
- Nov-25: Anglo American reaches 1M tonne copper milestone at Quellaveco (checked 25-Nov-25)
- Sep-25: Ferreyros hails successful results with autonomous Cat fleet at Quellaveco (checked 22-Sep-25)
- Jul-25: https://im-mining.com/2025/07/31/anglo-american-to-boost-throughput-at-quellaveco-copper-mine/ (checked 31-Jul-25)
- Jun-25: Anglo American plans $26M upgrade for Quellaveco mine (checked 17-Jun-25)
- Apr-22: Connecting with Community: Conscientious Mining at Anglo American’s Quellaveco (checked 19-Jun-25)
Created: Jun-2025; updated Jul-25, Sep-25, Nov-25, Jun-26