Chile unveils charges against giant copper mine over water pumping

摘要

Chile’s environmental regulator has drawn up charges against Minera Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, for exceeding permitted levels of water extraction from high-altitude wetlands. The company is transitioning to using only desalinated water in its mines in Chile by 2030. Chile’s environment regulator is urging the giant BHP-operated Escondida copper mine to reduce how water it extracts from wetlands high in the Andes mountains after finding that the operation had caused water levels to fall.