Group 1 - Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, submitted a $1.3 billion project proposal to extend the operational life of the Radomiro Tomic copper mine until 2058 [2] - The proposal aims to increase the mine's daily production capacity from 675,000 tons to 725,000 tons, requiring expansion of the pit and construction of new waste rock piles and ore storage areas [2] - The plan includes extending the leaching process, maintaining an average daily processing capacity of 154,000 tons, utilizing a method that extracts metals and minerals from ore without smelting or crushing [2] Group 2 - The project plans to transport an average of 20,000 tons of ore or waste rock annually to Codelco's Chuquicamata mine over the next decade [2] - Radomiro Tomic is one of Codelco's three core mines in Chile [2] - The copper industry in China faces three major challenges: increasing dependence on foreign resources, overcapacity in the midstream processing sector, and downstream demand being suppressed by high copper prices [2]
智利Codelco提交13亿美元方案，拟将Radomiro Tomic铜矿寿命延
Wen Hua Cai Jing·2026-01-15 06:15