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Bayóvar mine

Piura Department, Peru

The Bayóvar mine is a large mine in the Sechura Desert in the Piura Region of Peru. Bayóvar represents one of the largest phosphate reserves in Peru, having estimated reserves of 238 megatonnes (234, 000, 000 long tons, 262, 000, 000 short tons) of ore. Annual production can reach 3.9 Mt (3, 800, 000 long tons, 4, 300, 000 short tons) of phosphate concentrate at a minimum grade of 29% P2O5.

Mine data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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