en.Wedoany.com Reported - Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., operating the Antamina mine in the Ancash region of Peru, announced in June 2026 that its Geotechnical Monitoring Center (Central de Monitoreo Geotécnico) has achieved 24/7 operation. By deploying advanced equipment such as geological radars (Radares geotécnicos), laser scanners (Scanner láser), total stations (Estaciones totales), inclinometers (Inclinómetros), and piezometers (Piezómetros), the center conducts real-time monitoring of open pits, waste dumps, tailings storage facilities, and slurry pipelines, effectively enhancing mine operational safety.
The Antamina mine, one of Peru's largest copper-zinc mines, is located in the Andes Mountains, approximately 270 kilometers north of the capital Lima. The mine is independently operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., with shareholders including BHP (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%), Teck Resources (22.5%), and Mitsubishi Corporation (10%). It is the world's seventh-largest copper mine, with copper concentrate production in the first quarter of 2026 reaching approximately 63,500 tonnes on a 100% basis. The mine is currently advancing a $2 billion expansion project, with full-year copper production expected to increase to 450,000 tonnes in 2026, and ore entering new processing stages starting in 2027.
According to Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., the Geotechnical Monitoring Center is operated by a professional team from the Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Management Department. Engineers such as Cinthya Huamán and Jefferson Lazón, along with other technical personnel, leverage innovative technologies, continuous monitoring, and highly qualified professionals to build a safer mining operation system. The center's core mission is to detect rock mass movements or potential landslide signs in advance through cutting-edge technology, enabling risk prediction. Geological radars perform continuous scanning of slope surface displacements with sub-millimeter precision, laser scanners rapidly acquire high-precision 3D topographic data of pits and waste dumps, total stations are used for periodic displacement measurements at key monitoring points, and inclinometers and piezometers embedded within rock masses capture deep rock deformation and groundwater pressure changes, providing critical data support for slope stability analysis.
The Antamina mine is located in the geologically complex Andes region of Peru, where slope stability is one of the core challenges of mine operations. Through the integration and real-time analysis of multi-source data, the Geotechnical Monitoring Center can identify risks and issue warnings at the early stages of deformation, thereby providing a time window for the mine to develop emergency response and mitigation plans. Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. stated that advanced technology has become a key pillar for building safe and efficient operations. The full commissioning of the Geotechnical Monitoring Center demonstrates Antamina mine's cutting-edge practices in enhancing operational safety through technological innovation within the global copper mining industry.
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