Ilo Smelter and Refinery
Project information
As at 31 December 2025
Type:
Processing Facility
Type:
Processing Facility
Aggregation level:
Asset
Aggregation level:
Asset
Status:
Operating
Status:
Operating
Report standard:
-
Report standard:
-
Ownership %:
100
Ownership %:
100
Operator:
Yes
Operator:
Yes
Extraction:
Processing Facility
Extraction:
Processing Facility
Country:
Peru
Country:
Peru
Region:
Moquegua
Region:
Moquegua
Facility kind:
-
Facility kind:
-
Licensed capacity:
1376050
Licensed capacity:
1376050
Capacity unit:
t
Capacity unit:
t
Capacity period:
Per Year
Capacity period:
Per Year
Capacity kind:
Nameplate
Capacity kind:
Nameplate
Description
As at 31 December 2025
SCC's Peruvian smelting and refining complex at Ilo, Moquegua. The smelter (modernized 2007) uses an ISASMELT furnace, converters and anode furnaces to produce 99.7% copper anodes from Toquepala and Cuajone concentrates delivered by rail; nominal installed capacity 1,376,050 t of copper concentrate per year. Anodes feed the adjacent refinery; surplus anode production is sold to other refineries worldwide. 2025 investments included the sheet stripping machine and permanent cathodes refurbishment ($12.8M), cooling pump replacement ($9.2M) and electric cogeneration project ($7.0M).
Processing facilities
As at 31 December 2025
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