Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, closed its Ventanas copper smelter on Chile's central coast last Wednesday in a bid to reduce pollution and move towards more sustainable mining. According to SMM, the copper smelting capacity of the Ventanas smelter is 150,000 mt/year with metal content.
According to Reuters and AP, Codelco closed its Ventanas copper smelter on the central coast of Chile last Wednesday after an incident of environmental pollution occurred in the area.
Codelco stopped work at the smelter last year as it completed the legal process to close it. The flames in a furnace at the Ventanas copper smelter gradually died down until completely extinguished last Wednesday. It marks the official closure of the copper smelter after operating for 59 years.
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