Chino Mine Reopens - Silvercity Daily Press

Chino Mine Reopens - Silvercity Daily Press

After being shuttered last Tuesday in response to evacuation orders related to the growth of the Trout Fire, Freeport-McMoRan officials confirmed this week that most of its mining operations here had reopened over the weekend. “With the lifting of evacuation orders from Incident Command, employees have returned to work at Chino, and the site is now fully operational,” FMI Vice President of Communications Linda Hayes wrote in an email to the news…