2013
DOI: 10.1002/geot.201300025
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Design aspects of the permanent underground infrastructure for the Chuquicamata mine in Chile / Planung der dauerhaften untertägigen Infrastruktur des Bergwerks Chuquicamata in Chile

Abstract: The mining complex Chuquicamata, of the National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO), is located in the Atacama Desert, 1, 650 km north of Santiago, and 2, 870 m above sea level. Since the large copper ore reserve that lies below the “Chuquicamata” open pit (Fig. 1) will no longer be economically feasible to mine from the end of this decade, the mine is currently developing the required infrastructure to switch the operation to an underground mine type, where the block caving method with macro‐blocks will be… Show more

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