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| Location | |
|---|---|
  Cerro Negro Norte  Cerro Negro Norte | |
| Atacama Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 27°06′20″S 70°20′43″W / 27.1055166667°S 70.3453638889°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore concentrate |
| History | |
| Opened | 2010–2014 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Compañía Minera del Pacífico |
Cerro Negro Norte (CNN[1]) is an open-pit iron mine in northern Chile about 30 km north of the city of Copiapó in the Atacama Region of Chile. 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 2010–2014 and in 2021 it had a production capacity of 4 million tons of iron.[2][1] It produces iron ore concentrate that is transported as pulp in pipelines to the port of Punta Totoralillo located 55 km northwest of the mine.[1][3] The mine stores and processes iron ore from smaller mining companies.[1]
In 2014, plans for a desalination plant to provide water for mining operations at it and other mines was announced.[4]
As of 2025 Cerro Negro Norte was the newest of the mines owned and operated by Compañía Minera del Pacífico (CMP).[1] In early 2025 Compañía Minera del Pacífico submitted a plan to the Environmental Evaluation Service to increase iron production capacity at the mine from 4 to 4.5 million metric tons.[1] Among other things the project seeks to improve the the conminution and concentrating plants.[5]
As part of the Allende administration's Chilean nationalization of iron the prospect of Cerro Negro Norte became state-owned in 1971 when the goverment expired all mining concessions of iron ore deposits that were not being mined.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Vera, Matías (2025-02-24). "CMP ingresa proyecto para aumentar producción en mina Cerro Negro Norte". Reporte Minero & Energético (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Cerro Negro Norte". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ^ "Cerro Negro Norte – Improvement Project". idom.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Jamasmie, Cecilia (2014-04-16). "Chile's main iron-ore producer to invest $650 million this year". MINING.COM. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ "Especial Proyectos Mineros: Cerro Negro Norte, Proyecto Angie y Fundición Hernán Videla Lira". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ Danús, Hernán (2007). "IV. La minería del hierro y la industria siderúrgica". Crónicas mineras de medio siglo (1950-2000) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores. p. 149. ISBN 978-956-284-555-7.
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