Specifications - 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	318Mt @ 0.43% Cu (proven and probable) (2005)
Annual production	50.6Mt ore containing 179,000t Cu and 2,860t 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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