Marcona District is one of five districts of the province Nazca in Peru. The district capital is San Juan de Marcona a port on the Pacific coast. The major industry in the Marcona District is the Marcona Mine, an open-pit iron mine. The mine was acquired in 1992 by Shougang Corporation a state owned Chinese corporation which does business locally as Shougang Hierro Peru. In addition to mining, there is trade and commercial fishing. In 1870, the Italian-born Peruvian geographer Antonio Raimnondi found the iron ore reserves. The first explorations of the zone in terms of ores and minerals were started in 1915. More information...
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