The National Copper Corporation (Codelco), the world’s largest copper producer, said on Wednesday that it decided to suspend all its projects under construction after the death of two workers.
Mining regulator Sernageomin had already ordered the stoppage of works on the Rajo Inca expansion, in the small Salvador division, due to irregularities detected after the death of an operator.
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Added to this was the death of another worker reported on Wednesday at the Chuqui Underground project.
“The process of stopping all the operational activities of the projects” of the Vice Presidency of Projects began, the firm told Reuters.
“They will be restarted once the correct compliance with the security controls at each site has been reviewed,” he added.
The vice presidency is in charge of the so-called “structural projects” with which the mining company seeks to maintain its production level in the coming years.
The migration of Chuquicamata to an underground mine and the new El Teniente mine level are some of the initiatives currently being developed.
The head of Sernageomin complained to parliamentarians this week that the security protocols of the vice presidency were not in line with those of the other divisions of the company.
