The Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile is the Worlds largest copper mine.
Chile is the country with the largest copper mines in the world, with the Escondida mine being the largest individual copper mine. Chile is a major global producer of copper, accounting for a significant portion of the world's supply.
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The worlds largest open pit mine is the Kennecott copper mine in Utah. its is more than 2 3/4 miles across and more than 3/4 of a mile deep. The worlds largest mine? The Syncrude mine (the biggest mine in the world at 191 km2). Quite a bit larger than Kennecott.
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The name of the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere is the Yanacocha mine, located in Peru. It is one of the largest gold mines in the world and has been in operation since the early 1990s.
The biggest mine in British Columbia is the Highland Valley Copper mine, located near Logan Lake. It is one of the largest copper mines in Canada and produces significant quantities of copper and molybdenum. The mine operates a large open-pit operation and has been a major contributor to the region's economy since it began production in the late 1960s.
One of the largest excavations in the world has been made by opencast mining at the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, USA, measuring 790 m/2,590 ft deep and 3.7 km/2.3 mi across.
Sonora state is by far the largest producer in Mexico, which accounts for almost 80% of the total copper extracted for that country.The largest mine of copper is located near the town of Cananea, Sonora:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8680
Australia's largest open cut gold mine is the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.The largest gold mine in Australia is the Telfer Mine on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert.
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