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Cerro Negro Norte
Iron mine in Chile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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