Punta Totoralillo
| Punta Totoralillo | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 26°51′15.99″S 70°48′56.37″W / 26.8544417°S 70.8156583°W |
| Details | |
| Owned by | Compañía Minera del Pacífico |
| Land area | 267.75 ha[1] |
Punta Totoralillo is a major industrial port for export of mining products in Chile's Atacama Region that serves multiple mines.
History
[edit]Location and operations
[edit]The port lies 25 km north of the port city of Caldera[1] and serves the iron mine of Cerro Negro Norte[2] from which it receives iron ore concentrate from a 82 km long pipeline.[3] Punta totoralillo also receives iron ore concentrate (>66% Fe) from Planta Magnetita through a 120 km-long buried pipeline.[4] Planta Magnetita concentrates ore from the processing of the tailings of the copper mine of Candelaria and some of the iron ore of Los Colorados.[4][5] In 2017 an agreement was signed for the copper mine of Caserones to start export its products from Punta Totoralillo.[6][7]
Ownership and incidents
[edit]The port is owned by Compañía Minera del Pacífico.[8] Its construction begun in 2006 and the first ores were shipped from it in 2008.[8][1] In 2011 the port was approved by authorities to carry out modifications allowing it receive ore from third parties like Bellavista mine of Santa Fe Mining.[9][10] The port was closed from December 2011 to April 2012 as result of an industrial fire.[11]
Climate
[edit]Punta Totoralillo lies in an area of cold desert climate.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Inician construcción de puerto minero Punta Totoralillo". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2006-02-10. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ↑ "Iron Market". CMP. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ "Especial Proyectos Mineros: Cerro Negro Norte, Proyecto Angie y Fundición Hernán Videla Lira". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- 1 2 "Planta Magnetita". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "Mina Los Colorados". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "Puerto Punta Totoralillo: Se firma contrato con Caserones". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ↑ "Modificación del Puerto Totoralillo: Negociaciones de Minera Caserones y CAP rindieron fruto". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- 1 2 "Puerto Punta Totoralillo [Caldera, Chile]". hal.science. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ↑ "CMP logra aprobación para cancha de acopio temporal en puerto Punta Totoralillo". BNamericas (in Spanish). 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
- ↑ "CMP ofrecerá un nuevo servicio en puerto Punta Totoralillo". MundoMaritimo (in Spanish). 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
- ↑ Adaos, Yislem (2012-04-20). "Se reiniciaron las operaciones del puerto Punta Totoralillo". Soy Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-22.
- ↑ "Punta Totoralillo, Caldera, Provincia de Copiapó, Región de Atacama, Chile". Mindat. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
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