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Collapse at Chile’s Major Copper Mine Kills 1 Worker and Leaves 5 Missing
EL TENIENTE COPPER MINE, MACHALÍ COMMUNE, O'HIGGINS REGION, CHILE, AUG 1 – A magnitude 5 earthquake caused a collapse at El Teniente mine, killing one worker and trapping five, prompting evacuation of 3,000 people and suspension of operations, officials s
- A collapse at a copper mine in Chile resulted in one death and five workers trapped underground, as stated by authorities.
- Codelco, Chile’s National Copper Corporation, described the incident as caused by 'a seismic event' and reported nine other injuries.
- Search-and-Rescue teams are working to locate the five missing workers, and operations in the affected area have been suspended for safety reasons.
- 3,000 people were evacuated from the site to safe areas.
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Santiago. The U.S. government decided to abolish the imposition of 50 percent tariffs on Chilean copper imports, but as soon as that was known, the collapse in a sinkhole of the El Teniente mine, which left for the moment a deadly victim and five other miners trapped, tarnished that news and caused shock.
The activities of the El Teniente mine were suspended to allow rescue workers to find workers operating at a depth of some 1,200 metres. For the time being, no contact could be established with them.
A collapse in the El Teniente mine, located in the municipality of Machalí, south of Chile, left one person dead, five remain missing and at least nine injured.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon, after an earthquake affected the area, according to the National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred).Accident in rally left two dead and a child in critical condition; see the video of the momentThe victim was identified as …
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One miner has died and five others remain incommunicado underground at the El Teniente mine, owned by the state-owned company Codelco, in the O'Higgins region of central Chile, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced Friday.
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