09-08-2025
Codelco Wins Partial Approval to Restart Copper Mine in Chile
Codelco secured the approval of Chile's mining authority to resume some underground activities at its biggest copper mine, a week after a fatal accident led to work being halted. Labor regulators still need to sign off on the plan.
Chile's geology and mining service, Sernageomin, authorized 'the partial and progressive restart' at El Teniente in central Chile, the state-owned company said in a statement late Friday. The restart plan covers several areas of the mine, while new sections near where the collapse occurred will remain off limits.
