Cerro Negro Norte
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Atacama Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 27°06′20″S 70°20′43″W / 27.1055166667°S 70.3453638889°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron |
| History | |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Compañía 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. 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.