Mine "strikes it rich" with self-sufficient fire safety system
"By any standards, it's a desolate place for a mine," says Apolinar Guzman, a construction industry veteran who works for general contractor Bechtel International Corporation as project manager for the Antamina Mine in Peru.
Antamina Mine is located 290 miles north of Lima, Peru, at an altitude of 13,779 ft. It is expected to produce 70,000 tons per day of copper- and zinc-bearing ore. The $1.7 billion Antamina Mine Project, the largest in the world today, is a joint venture of Canadian mining giant Rio Algoney Noranda & Tech, with minority participation by Mitsubishi.