Xstrata’s Antapaccay Mine starts up copper deliveries

Nov 30, 2012 | 12:37 PM | Carolina Guerra

Tags  Xstrata, Xstrata Copper, Antapaccay Mine, Peru project, copper, Carolina Guerra

SÃO PAULO — The first commercial-grade copper from Xstrata Plc’s Antapaccay Mine in southern Peru has been delivered to the country’s Maratani Port for export, the company said.

The project, which will have a 20-year life span, is expected to progressively ramp up to a processing capacity of 70,000 tonnes per day by the first half of 2013.....





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