Operations restart at Chile’s Collahuasi Cu mine

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Operations resumed at the giant nCollahuasi copper mine in northern Chile nearly Wednesday morning, a spokes-nwoman for the operation said in an email. nProduction was halted Tuesday following a nfatal accident at the high-altitude open pit nmine. “Operations at the Collahuasi mine, nplant and port restarted today at 04:30 nam [local time, 0730 GMT] while an inves-ntigation continues into the accident which ncost the life of a worker,” said Bernarditia nFernandez, corporate affairs manager at nCompania Minera Dona Ines de Collahuasi. nAccording to the union at Collahuasi, the nworker, Cristian Araya, died after a pump nat one of the sulfide plant’s recovered nwater pools exploded. Collahuasi, a joint nventure between Anglo American, Mitsui n& Co and Xstrata, is one of the worlds nlargest copper mines, producing around n453,000 mt of the metal last year.