Collahuasi mine

Collahuasi mine
Location
Collahuasi mine
RegionTarapacá Region
CountryChile
Coordinates20°59′29.19″S 68°38′19″W / 20.9914417°S 68.63861°W / -20.9914417; -68.63861
Production
ProductsCopper
Molybdenum
Owner
CompanyAnglo American plc (44%)
Glencore (44%)
Mitsui & Co. (12%)

The Collahuasi/Ujina mine is a large copper mine located at 4,200 m (13,800 ft) altitude in the north of Chile in the Tarapaca Region. Collahuasi represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 3.93 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.66% copper.

The mine produced 560,000 tonnes of copper in 2018, making it one of the world's largest copper mines.