This list of molybdenum mines is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines that have substantial molybdenum output, organized by country.
Asia
Armenia Province Mine Operator Location Syunik Kajaran mine Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine Kajaran
China Province Mine Operator Location Henan - China Molybdenum Company Limited - Shaanxi - Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group Mining Corporation - Liaoning Yangjiazhangzi Molybdenum Mine Yangjiazhangzi Mining Bureau Lianshan District, Huludao City Heilongjiang Yichun Luming mine Yichun Luming Mining Company Yichun Hunan Shizhuyuan mine Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co. Chenzhou
Europe Country Mine Operator Location Norway Knaben - - Sweden Munka - - Sweden Åggojaure - - Sweden Norregruvan - - Sweden Porjusgruvan - - Sweden Druggegruvan - - Sweden Haukok - - Sweden Björntjärn - -
North America
Canada Province Mine Operator Location British Columbia MAX (U., C.) FortyTwo Metals Inc. (Roca Mines Inc.) Trout Lake Kitsault Avanti Mining Inc. 140 km northeast of Prince Rupert Highland Valley (P., C.) Teck Cominco Limited Logan Lake Gibraltar (P., C.) Taseko Mines Limited north of Williams Lake Endako (P., C.) Thompson Creek Mining Limited Fraser Lake Huckleberry (P., C.) Imperial Metals Corporation Houston
United States State Mine Operator County Arizona Bagdad Freeport-McMoRan Yavapai Mineral Park Mercator Minerals Ltd. Mohave Morenci Freeport-McMoRan Greenlee Sierrita Freeport-McMoRan Pima Colorado Climax Climax Molybdenum Company (Freeport-McMoRan) Lake Henderson Climax Molybdenum Company (Freeport-McMoRan) Clear Creek Idaho Thompson Creek Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. Custer Montana Continental Pit Montana Resources LLP Silver Bow Nevada Ashdown mine Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd. Humboldt Robinson Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. White Pine New Mexico Chino Freeport-McMoRan Grant Questa Chevron Mining Taos Utah Bingham Canyon Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. Salt Lake
South America
Chile
The following copper mines produce more than 1,000 million tons of molybdenum per year as of 2023 according to the Chilean Copper Commission. Regions are ordered from north to south. Region Mine Operator Location Tarapacá Collahuasi Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi Pica Antofagasta Centinela Minera Centinela Sierra Gorda Chuquicamata Codelco Calama Radomiro Tomic Codelco Calama Sierra Gorda Sierra Gorda SCM Sierra Gorda Spence Pampa Norte (BHP) Sierra Gorda Atacama Caserones SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile Tierra Amarilla Coquimbo Los Pelambres Antofagasta Minerals Salamanca Valparaíso Andina Codelco Los Andes Santiago Los Bronces Anglo American Sur Lo Barnechea O'Higgins El Teniente Codelco Machalí
South West Pacific Papua New Guinea Province Mine Operator Location Madang Yandera Marengo Mining Limited -
Australia State Mine Principal Company Location Queensland Anduramba D'Aguilar Gold 100 km northwest of Brisbane, Qld South Australia Kalkaroo Havilah Resources NL Northwest of Broken Hill, SA New South Wales Kingsgate Auzex Resources 20 km east of Glen Innes Northern Territory Molyhil Thor Mining PLC 230 km northeast of Alice Springs, NT Western Australia Spinifex Ridge Moly Mines Ltd. 110 km south of Wyndham
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