Chile mine regulator probes worker death at BHP’s Escondida
Escondida mine in Chile. (Image courtesy of Microsoft | BHP.)
Chile’s mining regulator Sernageomin said on Friday it is investigating the death of a worker at BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine.
Two sources with knowledge of the matter said mining operations continued normally after the incident.
BHP in a statement said a contractor had died on Thursday. An internal memo from Chilean construction company Workmate described the worker as a crane operator at Escondida.
(By Fabian Cambero and Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Kylie Madry)
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