Peñasquito: a zinc operation in Mexico
Peñasquito is an open pit mine producing zinc in Zacatecas State, Mexico, operated by Newmont. The sources report 231 thousand tonnes of produced zinc (509 million pounds) for CY2025; the basis is 100% (consolidated; the 10-K describes the mine as 100% owned). The sources do not give a whole-operation figure in zinc content that can be compared with world output, so no share is computed.
Who owns and operates it?
| Owner | Interest | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Newmont | 100% | 31 December 2025 |
How much does it produce?
| Period | Output | Basis | Where in the source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY2025 | 231 thousand tonnes of produced zinc (509 million pounds) | 100% (consolidated; the 10-K describes the mine as 100% owned) | printed p.3, Item 1, table row "Produced zinc: Tonnes (thousands)", column 2025; printed p.69, table "Zinc (pounds)" (Peñasquito co-product) (509 million pounds produced) · Newmont Corporation |
| CY2024 | 258 thousand tonnes of produced zinc (569 million pounds) | 100% (consolidated; the 10-K describes the mine as 100% owned) | printed p.3, same row, column 2024 · Newmont Corporation |
Status: operating, as of 31 December 2025.
- No whole-mine contained-zinc figure is given. Newmont reports zinc as a co-product "produced" volume and does not state in the 10-K whether the volume is contained in concentrate or payable, so no content figure is given.
- Newmont reports zinc sold of 246 thousand tonnes in 2025 (247 thousand tonnes in 2024).
How does it compare?
Other zinc operations on this site: Red Dog, Antamina (zinc), Mount Isa (zinc), McArthur River (zinc), Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Zawar mines, Rajpura Dariba, Kayad, Garpenberg, Tara, Neves-Corvo (Somincor). In Mexico: Buenavista (zinc). See where zinc comes from for the country totals, the country page for Mexico, and Newmont for its other operations here.
Sources
- Newmont Corporation: Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (annual report (SEC 10-K), CY2025). Opened 4 November 2026; used: printed pp.3, 59, 69; cover.
- U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Zinc (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country mine production)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world and country mine production table.
Method and limits
- Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
- Shares. A share divides output in zinc content by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
- Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
- Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every zinc mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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