Highland Valley Copper Mine, British Columbia, Canada
Key Data:
Producer of
Copper, molybdenum, silver and gold
Location
Central British Columbia, Canada
Ownership
Teck Cominco (97.5%), Highmont Mining (2.5%)
Geology type
Porphyry copper
Mineral type
Copper sulphides
Reserve base
451Mt @ 0.48% Cu (proven and probable) (2007)
Annual production
(2007) 113,000t Cu, and 4M lb Mo in
Mining method
Open pit
Processing method
Conventional milling and flotation
Employment
950
Key Equipment:
Open pit
Bucyrus-Erie 49R blasthole drills
P&H 4100A electric mining shovels
Komatsu Haulpak 830E and 930E haul trucks
Krupp Fördertechnik in-pit crusher and conveying system
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