Part of the Prescott National Forest off Iron Springs Road will be closed to the public from July 1 to Aug. 31. The closure ...

Chuquicamata Subterranea is an ambitious project to extend the open-pit copper mine's lifespan by converting it into an underground operation. The project has faced years of significant delays and ...

Copper miners with productive assets have much to gain as supply and demand tighten. In May 2024, the copper price hit a new ...

Earth Photo engages with still and moving image makers to showcase the issues affecting the climate and life on the planet.

A melting glacier, a gigantic tree and an abandoned mining town are among the winning images of the Earth Photo 2025 competition.

Photographer Lorenzo Poli took the top prize for his series of photos titled “Autophagy,” which document — in black and white — the Chuquicamata mine in Chile, one of the largest and deepest open-pit ...

Photographer Lorenzo Poli took the top prize for his series of photos titled “Autophagy,” which document — in black and white — the Chuquicamata mine in Chile, one of the largest and ...

When Sonia Ramos was a child, she witnessed an accident that would shape the rest of her life. She was born into a mining family in Chile. Her father worked for an American copper company; she grew up ...

The town of Chuquicamata was officially abandoned in 2007 and its inhabitants rehoused in Calama. Two years later, monitoring data from stations operated by Codelco showed that levels of polluting ...

Chile possesses huge mineral wealth and is an export giant. The country produces the most copper in the world, and is home to one of the globe’s largest open-pit mines, the Chuquicamata mine.