When it comes to where there are the most gold mines, you will definitely think of Australia and South Africa first, but the largest gold mine in the world is in Uzbekistan.
The Muruntau Gold Mine is located in the heart of Uzbekistan's Zilkum Desert and is a large open-pit gold mine. The pit is about 3.35 km long, 2.5 km wide and 569 m deep. Uzbekistan's state-owned Navoi Mining Company owns its mining rights. The gold mine is currently the largest terrestrial gold mine in the world. It is the largest gold mine in the world, estimated at about 170 million ounces of gold, or about 4,800 tonnes, worth about $240 billion. The average grade of gold is about 2 g/t, and the average grade of silver is about 100 to 300 g/t. Annual production of gold 21 tons (other data estimates production of 80 tons).
2. The world's largest iron ore mine: Carajás Mine in Brazil
Brazil has a mining company called Vale, which is the world's largest producer and exporter of iron ore because it is home to the world's largest iron ore mine.
The largest iron ore mine in the world is the Carajás Mine in Brazil, with an area of 830,000 square kilometers. The discovery was dramatic, with an American company conducting an aerial survey when it was forced to land because the plane did not have enough fuel and then discovered the world's largest iron ore mine. The proven recoverable reserves of the Caragas iron ore mine are 7.2 billion tonnes, worth more than US$600 billion at the initial calculation of current iron ore prices.
3. The world's largest copper mine: Escondida copper mine in Chile
Chile is known as the "Kingdom of Copper", accounting for one-third of the world's reserves, because of its unique geological conditions, many super-large copper mines have been born on this land, and the world's largest copper mine was also born here.
The Escondida Copper Mine is located in Chile's Atacama Desert. Developed by renowned mining company BHP Billiton, the copper mine is expected to have reserves of more than 34.7 million tonnes and a copper value of approximately US$170.98 billion.
4. The world's largest diamond mine: The Orapa Diamond Mine in Africa
Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is home to Orappa, the world's largest diamond mine. The Orapa diamond mine is estimated to have a reserve of 150 million carats of diamonds, and the price is not easy to estimate, and some believe that the value of the diamond mine is about $1 trillion.
But after all, diamonds are very special, in fact, the world's diamonds are not so scarce, but control the supply and marketing is too good, if large-scale mining it may not be so valuable.
5. The world's largest rare earth mine: China Baiyun Obo Rare Earth Mining Area
Baiyun Obo is considered to be the world's largest rare earth mine, rare earth reserves of about 100 million tons, accounting for 38% of the world's total reserves, accounting for about 80% of the country's reserves, known as the world's "rare earth town".
Since the mine has been mainly producing iron ore for decades, the value of rare earths in the tailings reservoir can now exceed 100 billion yuan.
6. Tenke Fungurume Mine, the world's largest copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
The Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt mine, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was acquired by China's Lomolybdenum Group for a $2.65 billion deal.
The price of cobalt soared, rising fourfold in two years, and Luo Molybdenum also entered the fast lane, and in just a few years, it has become a force to be reckoned with in the world's mining sector.
7. The world's largest lithium mine: Greenbushes
Chinese is really keen on new energy minerals, not only winning the world's largest copper and cobalt mine, but also the world's largest lithium mine.
The Greenbush Mine is located in the Western Australia region. Previously belonging to Telison Lithium in Australia, the controlling stake has now been acquired by Tianqi Lithium, a Sichuan-listed company, for 3.1 billion yuan. The total amount of cut-off mineral reserves is 61.5Mt (calculated at 2.8% lithium oxide and 4.3Mt LCE).
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