An ongoing dialogue and promote community at Sierra Gorda Mine
The 4th-largest mine project in the world
On October 1st 2014 at the opening ceremony of the Sierra Gorda mine we had a clear view of how this project is expected to significantly enhance the global supply of copper and molybdenum in the world.
Today, copper is used in everything from our buildings to our cars to our phones, and the demand of copper, and its price, has grown steadily.
And Sierra Gorda will help feed the demand for copper and molybdenum around the world and will produce 120 thousand tonnes of copper, 50 million lbs. of molybdenum and 60 thousand oz. of gold annually.
The mine will help to significantly lower unit production costs of the entire Group. The C1 unit cost of copper production in Sierra Gorda during the first five years is estimated at USD 1.13 per pound, while the corresponding cost in the KGHM Group amounted in 2013 to 1.85 USD per pound.
As Maciej Ściążko the General Manager of Sierra Gorda says “Sierra Gorda SCM will help to satisfy the demand for copper and molybdenum in the world, will create work and employment for many more years, and also, will be a great employer and neighbour”.
Yes, a great neighbor.
Cultural Heritage, Community Development and Involvement
The construction of Sierra Gorda mine in Chile is a Group’s flagship project.
In the Sierra Gorda we worked hard to develop and maintain a close and mutually beneficial relationship with the community around the aria since the Sierra Gorda mine site is in close proximity to the Sierra Gorda village. For us, community relations and environmental management are priorities to prevent any negative impact on the local quality of life.
Since we started the project, Sierra Gorda has developed and maintained a close and mutually beneficial relationship with the community around the Sierra Gorda village.
Today Sierra Gorda is recognized as part of the community in which it operates and its success depends on continuing to work with employees, contractors, neighbours and other stakeholders to support a project that is of mutual benefit.
A long heritage of “people rather than rocks”
At Sierra Gorda every day we work by keeping strongly in mind the heritage of Ignacy Domeyko, the Poland-born geologist, mineralogist and civil rights activist, who is widely credited as the father of Chilean mining.
Just like Domeyko, we built our presence in Chile on mining know-how and expertise.
But there is something more in Domeyko’s patronage over Sierra Gorda: in his work, he focused on people rather than rocks, and it is people’s rights that he tirelessly defended.
This uncompromised respect for people, constant dialogue with local communities and responsible care for the natural environment serve as the founding values for the Sierra Gorda project and are the source of its spectacular success.