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Chile mine regulator probes worker death at BHP's Escondida

13th October 2025

By: Reuters

  

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SANTIAGO - Chile's mining regulator Sernageomin said on Friday it is investigating the death of a worker at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine.

Two sources with knowledge of the matter said mining operations continued normally after the incident.

BHP in a statement said a contractor had died on Thursday. An internal memo from Chilean construction company Workmate described the worker as a crane operator at Escondida.

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