Chile’s regulator laid charges against Centinela copper mining complex
Chile’s Superintendency of the Environment has files charges against Antofagasta’s Centinela copper mine in the country’s north, citing environmental damage.that audits carried out at the mine site between June 2019 and January 2020 confirmed a community complain. This claimed the operation’s use of water was a threat to the Loa frog.
The company draws water from an aquifer to supply El Tesoro mine and from a desalination plant for Esperanza.
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