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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s mining minister said on Friday he would permanently close mining sites connected to a giant sinkhole that sprang up in the country’s north in July.
The Minister of Mines, Marcela Hernando, made the announcement after an assembly with trade unionists, miners and technicians from the abyss.
“The Gaby structure sector, which is similar to subsidence, is permanently closed and will never be exploited again,” Hernando said, referring to a structure sector at the Alcaparrosa copper mine in northern Chile.
The minister added that the government is rushing into water from an aquifer that has ruptured down the sump.
“We are interested in recovering 1. 3 million cubic meters of water that lately are stagnant at depth,” Hernando said. “Our goal is to return them to the aquifer, for which we have several alternatives. “
Chilean environmental regulator SMA on Thursday announced anti-copper mine tariffs for Canada’s Lundin Mining Corp over the cliff.
The SMA filed a complaint described as “very serious” for “irreparable environmental damage” to the aquifer, in addition to a “serious” rate for overextraction and two minor rates similar to the shipment of minerals.
The government has said it plans to reopen parts of the mine where situations prevent job losses.
Canada’s Lundin Mining Corp owns 80 percent of the ownership, while the remaining 20 percent is owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp.
The corporation may face closure, revocation of its environmental permit, or a fine of $13 million or more.
In mid-August, the SMA ordered “urgent and transitory” measures as it investigated the causes of the 36. 5-meter (120-foot-diameter) hollow in Tierra Amarilla, about 665 kilometers (413 miles) north of the capital. The so-called mine has been reclassified to a duty rate in subparagraph (3)
(Reporting through Alexander Villegas; Editing via Aurora Ellis)