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Chinalco begins to expand Peruvian copper mine

6 Jun 2019 16:23 reported by Felix

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According to the report, Chinalco, the largest Chinese state-owned aluminum producer, has recently begun to expand its Toromocho copper mine in central Peru for US$1.3 billion.

It was reported that Chinalco controlled Toromocho in 2007, bringing the project to be used by the end of 2013. The company reached a preliminary agreement in November 2016 to include the development in the second phase through a US$1.3 billion expansion.

In addition, Chinalco hoped to expand Toromocho's copper concentrate processing capacity to 157,000 tons per day and annual refined copper production to 300,000 tons.