Carmen de Andacollo

Carmen de Andacollo
Location
Carmen de Andacollo
Coquimbo Region
CountryChile
Coordinates30°15′0.65″S 71°5′38.23″W / 30.2501806°S 71.0939528°W / -30.2501806; -71.0939528
Production
ProductsCopper
Owner
CompanyTeck Resources (90%)
ENAMI (10%)

Carmen de Andacollo is an open-pit copper mine in northern Chile next ot the town of Andacollo and about 40 km southeast of the port city of Coquimbo. Teck Resources owns 90% of the mine while state-owned ENAMI owns the rest. The mine opened in 1996. In 2023 it produced 39,600 metric tons of copper concentrate. The ore mined belongs to the hypogene zone of the orebody.