MINE OF THE MONTH

Best-in-class start-up sees Cerro Verde shine

Paul Harris visited Freeport McMoran’s Cerro Verde mine in Arequipa, Peru, to see the newly inaugurated concentrator in action

Paul Harris
Expansions often benefit from technological and process innovation

Expansions often benefit from technological and process innovation

Justo Enriquez and Jim Vanderbeek stand in the shadow of a Polysius ball mill, one of a bank of six massive mills at Freeport McMoran’s Cerro Verde mine near Arequipa, Peru. Surrounded by 49,000t of steel...

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