All 5 miners discovered lifeless after Chilean mine collapse

A rescue operation in #Chile on the world’s largest underground copper mine ended Sunday (August 3, 2025) with no survivors, because the physique of a fifth lacking miner was discovered days after a tunnel collapsed, officers mentioned.

“Today we finally found [dead] the last of the missing workers,” Aquiles Cubillos, prosecutor for #Chile’s O’Higgins area, advised reporters.

Operations on the #El Teniente mining heart had been suspended since Friday after a “seismic event” prompted the collapse of a tunnel the day earlier than, trapping the 5 miners inside.

Whether the reason for the shaking was as a consequence of an earthquake or drilling stays beneath investigation.

#El Teniente, which is operated by the #Chilean state-owned mining agency #Codelco, boasts greater than 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) of tunnels and is the biggest underground copper deposit on this planet.

Last yr, it produced 356,000 metric tonnes (over 392,000 tons) of copper — practically seven % of the entire for #Chile.

#Chile’s mining business is taken into account among the many most secure on this planet, with a fatality price of 0.02 % in 2024, in keeping with the National Geology and #Mining Service of #Chile.