Collahuasi is a mining company engaged in the extraction and production of copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate.

It is one of the six largest copper producers in the world -in the mining category- and has one of the largest deposits of the red metal in the world, with 10,380 million tons. It is also one of the four main molybdenum producers in Chile.

 

Geographic Location and Connected Power

Its industrial facilities and the Rosario and Ujina deposits, located in the commune of Pica, Tarapacá Region, make up the Cordillera Area. The concentrator plant is also located in the Ujina sector, from where a 203 km long pipeline system begins, through which the copper concentrate is transported to the Collahuasi Port. From this site, located in Punta Patache, 65 km south of Iquique, the products are shipped to international markets. The molybdenum and concentrate filtering plants are also located here.

Connected power: 250 MW