Quebrada Blanca
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Tarapacá Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 21°0′15.63″S 68°48′3.48″W / 21.0043417°S 68.8009667°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper |
| Production | 64,300 tons of copper |
| Financial year | 2023 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Teck Resources (60%) Sumitomo Group (30%) Codelco (10%) |
Quebrada Blanca (lit. "White Ravine") is an open-pit copper mine in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It lies in the Andes at an altitude of 4,400 meters above sea level and about 240 km southeast of the port city of Iquique. Teck Resources owns 60% of the mine, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. and Sumitomo Corporation own together 30% of it and state-owned Codelco owns 10%. In 2023 it produced 64,300 tons of copper, up from 9,500 tons of copper in 2022.
After years of delays, in October 2023 Quebrada Blanca inaugurated the start of a large expansion project that had its environmental impact assessment submitted in 2016. Among other things, the project includes the building of a new large crusher.