At least 100 people involved in rescue operation at El Teniente copper mine, which partially collapsed after ‘seismic event’
One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors.
The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/03/body-found-in-collapsed-chile-mine-as-search-continues-for-trapped-miners-copper-codelco
Author : Agence France-Press
Publish date : 2025-08-03 03:14:00
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