Chilean National Copper temporarily shuts down Chuquicamata Mine Refining and Foundry Business

SMM6: Chile's National Copper Corporation announced on Thursday that it would temporarily shut down refineries and foundry plants at the Chuquicamata mine in an effort to stop the spread of the new crown virus. However, with the end of the shift, operations will gradually return to normal. Minor production and maintenance work will continue during the shutdown and 400 workers are currently evacuated.

Chuquicamata is a copper mine owned by Chile's national copper industry, second only to EI Teniente.

In 2019, Chuquicamata Copper Mine produced 385309 tons of copper.

[SMM] the impact of the epidemic on Chilean copper production has not been shown in the global list of large mine output.

Workers call on Chile's national copper industry to investigate the deaths of new crowns

On the 25th local time, there were 4648 new confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Chile, with a total of 259064 confirmed cases. There were 172 new deaths and 4903 cumulative deaths.

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