Cerro Negro Norte mine

Cerro Negro Norte
Cerro Negro Norte
Cerro Negro Norte
Location
Atacama Region
CountryChile
Coordinates27°06′20″S 70°20′43″W / 27.1055166667°S 70.3453638889°W / -27.1055166667; -70.3453638889
Production
ProductsIron ore concentrate
History
Opened2010–2014
Owner
CompanyCompañía Minera del Pacífico
Year of acquisition1971

Cerro Negro Norte (CNN) is an open-pit iron mine in northern Chile about 30 km north of the city of Copiapó in inland Atacama Region. The ore of the mine is one of various iron oxide-apatite (IOA) ores that are part of the north-south Chilean Iron Belt.

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