ANTAMINA Cu-Zn Mine - cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com · The mineral deposit of Antamina is the largest known copper-zinc, silver, molybdenum and bismuth skarn in the world. In the year 2000,

ANTAMINA Cu-Zn Mine

Cordillera Huallanca, Peru

Principal Cordilleras of the Andes Mountains in Peru

SAG Mills reduce the ore size

Ore is concentrated with cylonesand in flotation basins, and stored on site before pumping of slurry 300 km to the port of Huarmey

Waste rock is stored in a giant tailings pond. The dam will be the highest in the world and will be 250

meters high

Ore is pumped in a slurry to the coast

Huarmey, Peru

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The mineral deposit of Antamina is the largest known copper-zinc, silver, molybdenum and bismuth skarn in the world. In the year 2000, the deposit was calculated to contain 559 million tones of reserves with 1.23% Cu, 1.03% Zn, 13.7g/t Ag and 0.029% Mo

El Pinar housing complex, Huaraz