Chuquicamata underground project
Get all the information on the Chuquicamata underground project, a Mining & Metals project. Connect with the contracted companies and their key contacts, track the project stage and milestones, read related news and more. Some issues around this topic are: Molybdenum, Underground mining and Copper. Write to us at info@bnamericas.com or call us at +56 (2) 29410300 to schedule a demonstration of our platform.Description: The Chuquicamata Underground project, located at Codelco Norte division's industrial facilities in Calama, El Loa province, involves mining resources under the current open-pit mine, which is due to be exhausted at the end of the next decade, by shifting from open pit to underground mining methods. The construction phase will generate 6,000 direct jobs and 18,000 indirect positions. For ore extraction will be done through the block caving method with macro blocks. The mine will have four production levels, a 7.5km main access tunnel and tunnels totaling 180km, five air injection tunnels and two air extraction tunnels.
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