Punta Totoralillo is an industrial port for export of mining products of
Atacama Region, Chile. The port serves the iron mine of
Cerro Negro Norte and receives
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...
concentrate
A concentrate is a form of Chemical substance, substance that has had the majority of its diluting agent or diluent (in the case of a liquid: the solvent) removed, such that the substance becomes the majority of the composition. Typically, this w ...
(>66% Fe) from
Planta Magnetita through a 120 km-long buried pipeline.
Planta Magnetita processes the
tailings
In mining, tailings or tails are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are different from overburden, which is the waste rock or other material ...
of the copper mine of
Candelaria and some of the iron ore of
Los Colorados.
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Buildings and structures in Atacama Region
Coasts of Atacama Region
Copper mining in Chile
Infrastructure completed in 2008
Iron mining in Chile
Ports and harbours of Chile
Compañía Minera del Pacífico