Escondida
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Ore grades at major mines Morenci and Escondida have fallen below 0.6%
“We mentioned Morenci or Escondida, these huge assets in the world. When they started, they were two percenters. Today, those mines are operating below .five or .six percent.”
Chile's Escondida mine produces as much copper as the entire US
“So Escondida, which is the largest copper mine in the world, produces all by itself a million tons of copper, a little bit more than one million ton of copper tons per year. That is roughly all the production of the U.S. Just produced by one asset.”