Travel Blog Photos from Chuquicamata (25)
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![]() | Chuquicamata, Chile |
... ; So the mining company is moving every family into brand new homes a few kilometers away in Calama and the town of Chuquicamata will eventually be dismantled. Don't fall asleep yet... I have lots of statistics and figures to throw at you! ...
A visit to see the world's largest open pit mine that powers the massive copper industry of Chile. The hole in the ground is 5km long x 3.5km wide x 1km deep, and they've been digging here for 92 years........and at today's price, they are making ...
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Santiago to Cuzco ... and back???
Posted on Dec 17, 2008, 06:28:18
... to go to the Valle de La Luna, El Tatio Geysers, Altiplanic Lakes, etc. Calama is highly missable, unless you want to go to Chuquicamata, the world's largest open-pit copper mine, which you can get to from there. On the way back you could go through ...
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