Punta Totoralillo

26°51′15.99″S 70°48′56.37″W / 26.8544417°S 70.8156583°W / -26.8544417; -70.8156583 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[1] and receives iron ore concentrate (>66% Fe) from Planta Magnetita through a 120 km-long buried pipeline.[2] Planta Magnetita processes the tailings of the copper mine of Candelaria and some of the iron ore of Los Colorados.[2][3] The port is owned by Compañía Minera del Pacífico and begun shipping ore in 2008.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Iron Market". CMP. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  2. ^ a b "Planta Magnetita". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  3. ^ "Mina Los Colorados". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  4. ^ "Puerto Punta Totoralillo [Caldera, Chile]". hal.science. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
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