Cerro Negro Norte

Cerro Negro Norte
Location
Cerro Negro Norte is located in Chile
Cerro Negro Norte
Cerro Negro Norte
Atacama Region
CountryChile
Coordinates27°06′20″S 70°20′43″W / 27.1055166667°S 70.3453638889°W / -27.1055166667; -70.3453638889
Production
ProductsIron
History
Opened2010
Owner
CompanyCompañía 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

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  1. ^ "Cerro Negro Norte". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  2. ^ "Cerro Negro Norte – Improvement Project". idom.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.