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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
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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.
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Operations have been suspended at Khoemacau Zone 5 copper and silver mine in Botswana after an underground accident killed two people on Friday, the company said on Saturday. Situated in the ...
The mine began operations in 1889. [1] In 1957, Jorge Kemeny Letay, a Hungarian immigrant founded the San Esteban Mining Company (Spanish: Compañía Minera San Esteban). [1] According to Terra, the mine's annual sales surpassed 20 million dollars. [1] Between 2003 and 2010, several mining accidents occurred in the mine, causing at least three ...
(Photo by Yin Chao/VCG via Getty Images) The AI boom will nearly double demand for copper, mining firm BHP told the Financial Times. BHP predicts demand will reach 52.5 million tons a year, 72% ...
The Fénix capsules were three metallic containers that were used for the rescue of 33 trapped miners after the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, [1] and are an enhanced version of the Dahlbusch Bomb. The capsules were constructed by Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (ASMAR), (Shipyards and Arsenals of the Navy), who named it Fénix .