| Service restoration work to resume production is estimated to take at least three days, equivalent to 5,000 metric tons of copper production. Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer, and Anglo American Plc shut mines after heavy rains in central Chile over the weekend.
Operations at Codelco’s El Teniente underground mine were halted and homes and roads were inundated as the Cachapoal River broke its banks in the O’Higgins region south of Santiago. Meanwhile, London-based Anglo American suspended its Los Bronces open-pit mine in the Andes mountains above the capital for safety reasons, while continuing some processing using stockpiled ore...............................................Full Article: Source
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