• Foto Number: AND-194

La Oroya, situated at an altitude of 3,726 metres in the Peruvian department of Junín, is a major railway junction. The most important ore processing plants and smelters are located here. These smelters are all the more important given that, in the past, almost all mining products were shipped in the form of ore and refined abroad. – In 2012, operations at the smelting plants were ceased. - Book: Picture 168 - Peru - 1969

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  South America Peru Junín La Oroya Sierra Andes Central Andes smelting