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Mine lifespan by selected commodities
For a copper mine, the extraction period or lifespan is generally expected to be somewhere between 5 to 70 years. Other mines, such as diamond mines or nickel mines, have a significantly shorter duration of extraction with some 27 and 22 years, respectively.