The National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin), the state body tasked with regulating the industry, says there was an average of 0.41 deaths in Chilean mines for every one million hours ...
اقرأ أكثرFranklin Lobos and Jorge Galeguillos were driving a Nissan pickup truck into the San Jose copper and gold mine near Copiapo, Chile, when the Earth shook. Part of complete coverage on Chile mine rescue
اقرأ أكثرCoal mines are typically a lot shallower than gold and copper mines. In the United States, gold and copper mines can go as deep as 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 meters), while the deepest ...
اقرأ أكثرNews Expand/collapse submenu for News. ... The disaster began on a day shift around lunchtime at a mine in Chile's Atacama Desert: Miners working deep inside a mountain, excavating for copper ...
اقرأ أكثرMine collapse. On August 5, 2010, around 14:00 local time, approximately 700,000 tons of igneous rock collapsed within the San José Mine, trapping 33 miners in the lower tunnel network approximately 600 meters below the surface. The copper and gold mine, more than 120 years old at the time, lacked updated maps of its tunnel networks.
اقرأ أكثرChile is the world's top producer of copper, and for decades prior to 2010, the country had a relatively high incidence of deaths due to mining accidents, and the San Jose mine had a ...
اقرأ أكثرEarly in the afternoon of August 5, 2010, more than 700,000 metric tons of rock suddenly caved in, blocking the central passage to the tunnels in …
اقرأ أكثرOn Aug. 5 2010, the San José mine in Copiapó collapsed, trapping 33 miners inside and sparking a tense rescue operation that took 96 days …
اقرأ أكثرIn scenes watched around the world, the 33 men trapped in a collapsed gold and copper mine in San Jose, northern Chile, emerged, one by one, from 69 days in the darkness. Each had his own story to ...
اقرأ أكثرLearn how 33 miners survived for two months in a collapsed mine in northern Chile and were brought to the surface in a dramatic rescue operation. Find out the details of their ordeal, the...
اقرأ أكثرWorkers at BHP's ndida, the world's biggest copper mine, are seen in front of the open pit, in Antofagasta, northern Chile March 31, 2008.
اقرأ أكثرHere's a look at the 2010 rescue of 33 miners from a collapsed mine in the Atacama region of northern Chile.. Timeline August 5, 2010 - A collapse of the main ramp into the San Jose mine leaves ...
اقرأ أكثرOn Oct. 13, 2010, 33 miners in northern Chile were rescued after spending more than two months underground.The copper and gold mine collapsed on Aug. 5, and they were trapped for 69 days ...
اقرأ أكثرChile Mine Disaster: LOS 33. In August 2010, a tunnel collapsed in the privately owned medium-sized San Jose mine in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The story quickly went worldwide. After the state-owned mining company Codelco took over rescue efforts from the mine's owners, exploratory boreholes were drilled. …
اقرأ أكثرSeven hundred meters (2,300 feet) beneath the surface, 33 miners begin another day trapped in the bowels of the San Jose gold and copper mine. The mine …
اقرأ أكثرThe prosecutor's investigation was opened days after the 120-year-old gold and copper mine, 500 miles north of Santiago, caved in on Aug. 5, 2010, trapping the men.
اقرأ أكثرApart from the environmental threat, the recent collapse of two Brazilian dams that killed hundreds of people has triggered alarm in Chile, which produces approximately a third of the world's copper.
اقرأ أكثرThat was until Aug. 5, 2010, when a cave-in at the San Jose copper mine trapped 33 men more than 2,000 feet underground. Once the Chilean government knew …
اقرأ أكثرRelatives stand by as rescuers work to free 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on August 6, 2010. The mine collapsed a day earlier, and the miners ended up trapped ...
اقرأ أكثرChile mine rescue of 2010, rescue of 33 workers from the San Jose gold and copper mine on October 13, 2010, 69 days after the mine's collapse on August 5. The mine, owned by …
اقرأ أكثرUpdated: Oct. 12, 2011 On Oct. 13, 2010, 33 miners who had been trapped underground for more than two months all returned to the surface after a successful rescue operation that inspired Chile and ...
اقرأ أكثرEsteban Rojas, 44, prays after being rescued from the San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, on Wednesday. Rojas is one of 33 miners who have been trapped a half a mile below ground ...
اقرأ أكثرScience behind what causes sinkholes 04:29. Experts in Chile on Tuesday were investigating an enormous sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper mine in the Atacama desert.
اقرأ أكثرA train loaded with copper cathodes travels along a rail line inside the Chuquicamata copper mine, which is owned by Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco, near Calama city, Chile, April 1, 2011.
اقرأ أكثرOn August 6, 2010, thirty four miners were trapped after a collapse in a copper mine in Chile, a few weeks after the collapse of the copper mine, thirty three of the miners were reported alive. Shortly after the report of the survivors, emergency supplies were delivered to the victims through what was called a bore hole.
اقرأ أكثرRelatives stand by as rescuers work to free 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on August 6, 2010. The mine collapsed a day earlier, and the miners ended up trapped ...
اقرأ أكثرThe last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night -- a …
اقرأ أكثرAnd after it happened, the medium-sized gold and copper mine, 500 miles north of Santiago, became the epitome of unsafe mining practices. Alejandro Bohn and Marcelo Kemeny, owners of the San Esteban Mining Company, have been demonized by the public as an example of the ultimate disregard for human life.
اقرأ أكثرChile copper mine collapse. Mining tragedy in Chile told in film . Chile copper mine collapse Rating: 5,3/10 831 reviews On August 5, 2010, the San José copper and gold mine in Chile collapsed, trapping 33 miners 2,300 feet underground. The disaster, which was caused by a cave-in, captured the attention of the world and …
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