Chile orders Lundin to shut small copper mine after causing massive sinkhole

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Chile orders Lundin to shut small copper mine after causing massive sinkhole

SANTIAGO - Canadian miner Lundin must permanently close its Alcaparrosa copper mine in Chile, the South American nation's environmental regulator said on Thursday, after a massive sinkhole cracked open near the small mine in 2022.

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With a total closure and a fine of more than $3.360 million, the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) definitively closed the door to the project Mina Alcaparrosa, of the mining company Ojos del Salado, in Amarilla Land in Atacama, after the generation of a socavón of more than 60 meters of depth in the commune, and that occurred in 2022. “The holder intervened unauthorized sectors, until the proximity of the aquifer of the Copiapó river, ge…

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In addition, the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) applied a fine of more than $3.360 million to the company Ojos del Salado

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The Superintendency of the Environment closes Mina Alcaparrosa after a sinkhole in Tierra Amarilla, finering the mining company Ojos del Salado with more than $3.360 million.

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Lundin Mining Fined $3.3 Million Over Sinkhole At Alcaparrosa Mine

Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) has been hit with a $3.3 million fine by the government of Chile in response to a sinkhole that occurred back in 2022 at its Alcaparrosa mine. The fine was levied following the completion of an investigation of the incident. The fine pertains to a massive sinkhole that developed near the mine in 2022. The sinkhole, measuring 36 metres in diameter and up to 60 metres deep, was found to have been related to the over extrac…

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Chile orders definitive closure of Lundin’s Alcaparrosa mine operations

Chile’s environmental agency, Superintendencia de Medio Ambiente (SMA), has ordered the complete and definitive closure of the Mina Alcaparrosa project, operated by Compañía Contractual Ojos del Salado, the local mining unit of Lundin Mining.The post Chile orders definitive closure of Lundin’s Alcaparrosa mine operations appeared first on Mining Technology.