MINING

Reducing seismic risks underground

Examining the use of controlled blasts, AI and other ways of mitigating an increasing danger

Seismic events are likely to increase as mines go deeper

Seismic events are likely to increase as mines go deeper | Credits: Shutterstock

Almost a month after a serious accident, Codelco said two divisions of its underground El Teniente copper mines have been approved for reopening. It was a tentative resumption of operations following...

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