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Chile's El Teniente Mine Partially Suspends Operations After Fatal Landslide
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- A landslide at Chilean state copper miner Codelco's El Teniente mine killed two contractor workers from Aura Ingeniería SA and left one rescued, after heavy rain in central Chile triggered the slide at the open-pit site around 5pm GMT Sunday, according to Investing.com.
- Codelco partially suspended operations, and Chilean regulator SERNAGEOMIN ordered a halt to operations in the south pit area where the incident occurred; Chile's investigative police and prosecutors are examining the circumstances at the site.
- El Teniente, located about 75km southeast of Santiago, has operated for more than a century and includes roughly 4,500km of tunnels and underground galleries. The report did not specify the expected duration of the suspension or any impact on copper output.
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