Cerro Mine

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Cerro Mine or Mina do Cerro is a coal mine near the city of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[1] It is operated by Sociedade Mineradora do Cerro Ltda. a subsidiary of Copelmi Mineração.[2][3]

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of Mina do Cerro, near Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[1]

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Background

Cerro Mine is owned by Sociedade Mineradora do Cerro Ltda. a subsidary of Copelmi Mineração LTDA[1][2][3] Copelmi is Brazil’s largest private coal mining company. It currently holds more than 80% of the coal consumption industrial market.[4]

Project Details

  • Owner: Sociedade Mineradora do Cerro Ltda.
  • Parent company: Copelmi Mineração[1]
  • Location: Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • GPS coordinates: -30.037588, -52.892666 (approximate)[1]
  • Mine status: Operating[1]
  • Start year: 2004[3]
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  • Mine type: Surface[5]
  • Production: 423,662 tonnes per annum[3]
  • Additional proposed production:
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Copelmi units organizational site, accessed Nov 12, 2019
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jefferson Klein Copelmi investirá R$ 300 milhões em mina de carvão jornal do comercio August 14, 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Emissões Fugitivas na Mineração e Beneficiamento do Carvão Mineral REPÚBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL, 2010, accessed Nov. 2019
  4. Copelmi Market Share Organizational site, accessed Nov 11, 2019
  5. Copelmi mining organizational site, accessed Nov. 2019

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