MINING.COM toured Chile’s El Teniente mine, the world’s largest underground copper operation and the sixth biggest copper mine by reserve size. El Teniente is owned and operated by Codelco, the ...

Aerial view of El Teniente copper mine, operated by Codelco, where a collapse killed one worker and trapped five others underground, leading to a suspension of operations in Rancagua Chile, Aug. 2.

At least 100 rescuers are still looking for miners who are trapped in the partially collapsed mine in Rancagua, south of Chile's capital Santiago. The disaster came after a "seismic event" in the area ...

Some 100 rescue workers in central Chile are trying to reach five miners who went missing after part of the El Teniente copper mine collapsed in a major earth tremor on Thursday, killing one of their ...

SANTIAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Chile’s state-owned Codelco , the world’s largest copper miner, said on Thursday it had received environmental approvals for a revised plan to extend the working life of ...

Memorial for miners killed in El Teniente tunnel collapse [Photo by @AoLaonline / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] Six subcontract workers were killed in a deadly mining incident when a section of tunnel collapsed ...

Codelco Ends El Teniente Rescue Effort After Five Miners Found Dead By Daina Beth Solomon SANTIAGO (Reuters) -All five workers at Chile's El Teniente copper mine who were trapped in a collapse last ...

SANTIAGO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Copper giant Codelco has received approval from Chile's mining regulator to reopen a part of its flagship El Teniente mine, after more than a week of suspended operations ...

Chilean Miner Codelco's El Teniente Smelter to Restart After Collapse SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean miner Codelco's smelter at its El Teniente mine is set to restart on Thursday, the firm said, after ...

Chilean mining company Codelco has requested that Chile's mining regulator, Sernageomin, allow the reopening of a portion of its El Teniente mine, reported Reuters, citing two sources familiar with ...

Chile’s state-run Codelco said on Saturday it would temporarily halt construction on a new level at its flagship El Teniente mine, a move it said was necessary to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus ...