Punta Totoralillo

26°51′15.99″S 70°48′56.37″W / 26.8544417°S 70.8156583°W / -26.8544417; -70.8156583 Punta Totoralillo is an industrial port for export of mining products of Atacama Region, Chile. The port serves the iron mine of Cerro Negro Norte and receives iron ore concentrate (>66% Fe) from Planta Magnetita through a 120 km-long buried pipeline. Planta Magnetita processes the tailings of the copper mine of Candelaria and some of the iron ore of Los Colorados. The port is owned by Compañía Minera del Pacífico and begun shipping ore in 2008.

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