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Chile's environmental regulator announced on Thursday four charges against Canadian-owned Lundin copper mine for a sinkhole that appeared in the northern area of the country in late July. The ...
A huge sinkhole measuring larger than a tennis court suddenly opened up near a copper mining operation in Chile, swallowing large chunks of soil, and investigators are trying to figure out what ...
2022 Tierra Amarilla sinkhole – a 25 m (80 ft) wide and more than 200 m (700 ft) deep sinkhole appeared in the commune of Tierra Amarilla, Atacama Region of Chile close to the Alcaparrosa copper mine on August 1, 2022. The sinkhole continued to grow and stretched 50 m (200 ft) in diameter on August 8. [5]
Heavy machinery is seen Thursday at the site of a massive sinkhole that formed off Interstate 80 in New Jersey, just west of New York City, as crews evaluate the depression to design a repair.
Chuquicamata (/ tʃ uː k iː k ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. [citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile.The accident left 33 men trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) below ground who survived underground for a record 69 days.
Over the past 15 years, sinkhole damage costs an average of $300 million a year in the United States. There are several ways to identify a sinkhole in progress.
Officials determined that the massive 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole that opened up on the I-80 in New Jersey was caused by an abandoned mineshaft. Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY ...