Codelco to Resume Construction of Mining Projects

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): State-owned Codelco announced that it has decided to resume construction of mining projects in the forthcoming days after brief pause in work last month following two fatal accidents.

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During a company event, Maximo Pacheco, Chairman, Codelco noted that the company intends to take all necessary time to make sure that that all of its processes, regulations and training are in order. The company expects to have all the projects normalized, Pacheco added.

By mid-July this year, Codelco had halted construction of its Rajo Inca project after reporting the death of one worker after a truck driven by a contractor slid off a platform at a dump. Another fatal incident was reported at Chuqui Subterranea project- the expansion of the historical Chuquicamata mine.

Pacheco highlighted that the structural projects will help the company maintain its copper production at anticipated levels over the coming years. It hopes to have a more definitive opinion on production for the remaining part of 2022 and full-year 2023 once it completes the process of reviewing the structural projects. However, he declined to comment on the progress of investigations being carried out to determine the causes of the fatalities.