COPPER CLOSURE
Chile's mining regulator on Tuesday ordered a halt to all operations at two major copper mines, State-owned Codelco's Chuquicamata mine and Freeport-McMoran's El Abra mine, to investigate separate fatal accidents. "We are concerned that today, August 30, we had two accidents with three lost lives," said Rodrigo Alvarez, the head of the Sernageomin regulator, in a tweeted video comment.
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