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Santiago, 8 August – Chile is about to apply tough sanctions to those responsible for a giant sinkhole near a copper mine in the north of the country, the mining minister said on Monday.
A mysterious pit 36.5 meters in diameter that appeared in late July prompted the mobilization of local authorities, and mining regulators ordered a nearby mine owned by Canada's Lundin Corporation in the northern Candelaria district to We have stopped operations.
"We will use all means to get results, not only fines but also sanctions," Mines Minister Marcela Hernando said in a press release, noting that fines tend to be trivial, He added that the verdict "must be exemplary." to a mining company.
Chilean authorities have not released details of the investigation into the cause of the sinkhole.
National and international media have released various aerial photographs of a giant pit in a field near the Lundin mine, about 665 kilometers north of the Chilean capital. Originally, the pit near the town of Tierra Amarilla was about 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter, with water visible at the bottom.
A Canadian company owns 80% of his assets, and his remaining 20% is owned by Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation. This "overfishing" could not be detected in this area in July.
"It also makes us think that we have to reframe what our inspection process is," she said. , written by Carolina Pulis, edited by Leslie Adler)
