Do you know how many of the top ten lead-zinc mines in the world?
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2021-11-05 21:30
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1. Rampura Agucha
Location: India
Company: Vedanta Limited
Reserves: 51.1 million tons, grade: Zinc 14.0%, Lead 1.8%, resource amount: 5.27 million tons.
Mine life: Open pit until March 2018, underground until 2030.
Raw ore production capacity: 6.15 million tons/year
2. Red Dog
Location: USA
Company: Teck resources
Reserves: 56.6 million tons, grade: Zinc 14.6%, Lead 4.1%, resource amount: 200,000 tons.
Mine life: 1989-2031
Zinc production: Zinc production in 2015 was 567,000 tons, expected production in 2016 is 570,000 tons.
3. Antamina
Location: Peru
Company: BHP Billiton (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%), Teck (22.5%), Mitsubishi Group (10%)
Reserves: 598 million tons, grade: Zinc 0.97%, resource amount: 1,097 million tons.
Mine life: 2001-2029
4. Mount Isa
Location: Australia
Company: Glencore
Reserves: 78 million tons, grade: Zinc 7.5%, Lead 4%, resource amount: 470 million tons.
Mine life: Black Star mine life until 2016, Lady Loretta mine until 2021, George Fisher until 2029.
Zinc production: Zinc production in 2015 was 478,200 tons, expected production in 2016 is about 280,000 tons. Mount Isa's assets mainly include George Fisher, Black Star, and Lady Loretta mines.
5. Penasquito
Location: Mexico
Company: Goldcorp
Reserves: 586.68 million tons, metal reserves: Zinc 4.0306 million tons, grade: Zinc 0.69%, resource amount: Zinc 1.44 million tons.
Mine life: 2009-2029
6. San Cristobal
Location: Bolivia
Company: Sumitomo Corporation
Reserves: 28.53 million tons, grade: Zinc 1.41%, Lead 0.48%.
Mine life: 2007-2024
Zinc production: Normal daily production of 1,300 tons of zinc-silver concentrate and 300 tons of lead-silver concentrate, approximately 200,000 tons/year of zinc.
7. McArthur River
Location: Australia
Company: Glencore
Reserves: 10.2 million tons, grade: Zinc 10%, Lead 4.8%, resource amount: 18 million tons.
Mine life: Reserves life until 2043, current production plan until 2034.
8. Cerro Lindo
Location: Peru
Company: Compania Minera Milpo S.A.
Reserves: 4.612 million tons, grade: Zinc 2.45%, Lead 0.26%, resource amount: 3.982 million tons.
Mine life: 2007-2028
9. Tara Mines
Location: Ireland
Company: Boliden
Reserves: 17 million tons, grade: Zinc 6.3%, Lead 1.5%, resource amount: 8.7 million tons.
Mine life: 1977-2021
10. Skorpion
Location: Namibia
Company: Vedanta Limited
Reserves: 5.1 million tons, Zinc grade: 8.77%, resource amount: 3.1 million tons.
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