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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
Punto Lobitos
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
