Fossil Fuels
Codelco Chile says it is still searching for missing workers at El Teniente Mine
Andres Musik, El Teniente’s general manager, said that Codelco had not yet contacted five workers who were missing at the Andesita Unit of El Teniente following a seismic event which killed one person. He said that Codelco expected the aftershocks to subside in the next twelve hours, which would allow it to start efforts to contact the workers. Music stated in a recent press conference that "the event we recorded yesterday was one of, if not the biggest event" the El Teniente Mine has ever experienced. He noted that the incident was a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Andesita was one of...