US EditionAll Five Missing Miners Found Dead in El Teniente Collapse
EL TENIENTE UNDERGROUND COPPER MINE NEAR RANCAGUA, CHILE, AUG 4 – The collapse followed a 4.2 magnitude quake, killing six miners and injuring nine others, marking Chile’s deadliest mining accident in over 30 years, officials said.
- On Sunday, the bodies of five miners were recovered after they had been trapped since Thursday in a collapsed section of Chile’s El Teniente underground copper mine.
- The collapse followed a 4.2 magnitude earthquake in the Andesita sector, but authorities have not ruled out mining activity as a cause and launched a criminal investigation.
- Rescue teams located the trapped workers using GPS but could not communicate with them and cleared over 3,200 tons of debris during extensive weekend efforts.
- Codelco suspended all underground operations in the affected area, evacuated 3,000 people from the site, and canceled its first-half financial results presentation scheduled for Friday morning.
- This accident marks Chile's deadliest mining incident in over 30 years, prompting statements of regret and a pledge for a fully objective investigation involving international experts.
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español The regional prosecutor Achilles Cubillos reported this Monday that he appointed a special team to investigate the copper mine accident El Teniente, in Chile, which claimed the lives of six miners. As part of the investigation, the prosecutor in charge reported that he requested his team to send trades during the morning to the National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin), to the Directorate of Labour …
Chile is grieving. President Gabriel Boric has decreed it for three days – Sunday, Monday and Tuesday – before the death of the six miners in the field El Teniente, a division of Codelco, due to a collapse that occurred on Thursday. “They contributed to the development of our homeland and this flag half way will be a symbol of the desolation in the face of its loss, but also of the unity of a country that in the face of the tragedy becomes one, …
Chilean President Gabriel Boric confirmed this Sunday the discovery of the last missing miner after Thursday's accident at the El Teniente copper mine. This tragic outcome brings the death toll to six. PeruMon, 08/04/2025 – 08:18The second National Multi-Hazard Drill will take place on August 15. The event is being held in commemoration of the devastating earthquake that struck Ica in 2007. The disaster occurred after a tunnel collapsed, accordi…
Tragic end in Chile's largest copper mine: 6 workers are buried dead after earthquake collapse. President orders Staatstrauer. Video shows details.
Bodies of all deceased Chilean miners retrieved
A total of six Chilean miners died after a collapse at the El Teniente underground copper mine triggered by a 'seismic event' in the Andesita deposit. The bodies of all six miners have been retrieved. The deceased have been identified as: Paulo Marín Tapia, Gonzalo Núñez Carioca, Álex Araya Acevedo, Carlos Arancibia Valenzuela, Jean Miranda Ibaceta, and Moisés Pávez Armijo. As a result of the collapse, nine other workers were injured.
Santiago. The state Corporación del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) announced that it will undergo an international audit to clarify the circumstances in which a collapse occurred in its El Teniente mine, which killed six workers, whose bodies have been recovered, the last two yesterday.
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