One dead, five missing in Chilean copper mine collapse
SANTIAGO (AFP)At least one worker was killed and five others were missing after a copper mine collapse in Chile triggered by an earthquake on Thursday, state-owned operator Codelco said.Nine others were injured -- none critically -- after the magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck at 5:34 pm (2134 GMT) in the world's largest underground copper mine, El Teniente ("The Lieutenant"), Codelco said."Codelco reports the death this afternoon of our colleague Paulo Marin Tapia," it said in a statement.El Teniente is located in the city of Rancagua, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the capital, Santiago.The United States Geological Survey reported a shallow magnitude 5.0 earthquake about 35 kilometres from Rancagua at 2134 GMT.Rescuers were working to enter the collapsed area, and "we have already reached some of them," Maximo Pacheco, president of Codelco, told Cooperativa radio.Chile is the world's leading copper producer and mines nearly a quarter of the global supply.
The valuable metal is used in wiring, motors and renewable energy generation.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Al Etihad
4 hours ago
- Al Etihad
Spanish police recover bodies of father, son after plane crash
3 Aug 2025 18:07 MADRID (REUTERS)The bodies of a pilot and his son were recovered after their biplane plunged into the sea off the Spanish island of Mallorca, police said on two-seater Team Rocket F-4 Raider plane crashed into the sea in the Puerto Soller area on Saturday plane appeared to be performing stunts before the crash, Spanish media searching for the pilot and his 13-year-old son located their bodies in the sea after a search on Sunday."At approximately 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) specialist divers from the Civil Guard recovered the lifeless bodies of the pilot and his son, who accompanied him, in a sea which reaches a depth of 30 metres, and they have been transferred to the Puerto of Soller," the Spanish Civil Guard said in a plane crashed around 8.20pm and an initial search by emergency teams was launched. When this failed to locate the pilot and his son, it was resumed at first light on Sunday. An investigation into the circumstances of the crash will be launched by the police.
Gulf Today
a day ago
- Gulf Today
22 Palestinians martyred in Israeli strikes across Gaza
Twenty-two Palestinians were martyred early Saturday morning, including 12 aid recipients and three women, by Israeli gunfire and shelling across the Gaza Strip, WAFA News Agency reported. According to medical sources, 12 martyrs arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital west of Gaza City from the aid area on the Netzarim axis. A family comprising a Palestinian, his wife, and his three children was killed when Israeli aircraft targeted their home in the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinians help a man wounded while seeking food at a distribution point in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. AFP Three individuals from the Samour family were killed when a bomb dropped by an Israeli drone hit the tents of displaced people near the Industrial Junction north of Khan Yunis. Similarly, two women, Rana Ramzi Yahya Abu Hamra and her mother, Hanaa Abu Hamra, were killed when a tent was bombed northwest of Khan Yunis. WAM
Gulf Today
a day ago
- Gulf Today
Israel army chief warns of combat ‘without rest' unless hostages are freed
Israel's top general has warned that there will be no respite in fighting in Gaza if negotiations fail to quickly secure the release of hostages held in the Palestinian territory. "I estimate that in the coming days we will know whether we can reach an agreement for the release of our hostages," said army chief of staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, according to a military statement. "If not, the combat will continue without rest," he said, during remarks to officers inside Gaza on Friday. Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed at least 60,332 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry, deemed reliable by the UN. Footage released by the Israeli military showed Zamir meeting soldiers and officers in a command centre. Of the 251 people who were kidnapped from Israel during Hamas's attack in October 2023, 49 remain in Gaza, 27 of them dead, according to the military. The Israeli military troops in southern Gaza. File/AFP Palestinian armed groups this week released two videos of hostages looking emaciated and weak. Negotiations -- mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar -- to secure a ceasefire and their release broke down last month, and some in Israel have called for tougher military action. This comes against the backdrop of growing pressure -- both internationally and domestically, including from many of the hostages' families -- to resume efforts to secure a ceasefire in the nearly 22-month conflict. Aid agencies have meanwhile warned that Gaza's population is facing a catastrophic famine, triggered by Israeli restrictions on aid. Zamir nonetheless rejected these allegations out of hand. "The current campaign of false accusations of intentional starvation is a deliberate, timed, and deceitful attempt to accuse the IDF (military), a moral army, of war crimes," he said. "The ones responsible for the killing and suffering of the residents in the Gaza Strip is Hamas." Hamas's 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to a tally based on official figures. A total of 898 Israeli soldiers have also been killed since ground troops were sent into Gaza, according to the military. Agence France-Presse
