Peru Zinc Mine
It restarted activities in may after a halt.
Peru zinc mine. The mine was brought into production by a joint venture comprising the canadian companies noranda inc 3375 and teckcominco ltd. The area covers 318 percent of the countrys territory and holds 274 percent of its. The antamina mine in peru is one of the largest copperzinc operations in the world.
The antamina copper zinc mine is located in the andes mountains of peru approximately 285km north of lima in the department of ancash. Perus zinc mine production amounted to 14 million metric tons in 2019 down from 147 million tons in the previous two years. Through supreme decree n0.
In peru most of the zinc concentrates produced at the cerro lindo el porvenir and atacocha mines are processed by the cajamarquilla unit. Antamina a large copper and zinc mine located in the andes recorded 210 cornavirus cases earlier in the year. The santander mine is located approximately 215 kilometres northeast of lima peru and is comprised of an underground mine a 2000 tonne per day processing mill a conventional sulphide flotation mill and associated infrastructure.
225 australian uk based bhp billiton 3375 and the japanese firm mitsubishi corp. In 2020 despite a strong production in the first two months zinc. Image courtesy of teck resources.