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In Quintero Bay, in Chile, 7,000 fossil remains of an abundant extinct megafauna that inhabited the place during the late Pleistocene have been found
Chile's state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases…
Chile's state-owned copper mining company, Codelco, has shut down a smelting facility blamed for significant pollution in the Quintero Bay.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced in June 2022 the gradual closure of the world's leading copper producer in order to reduce the constant episodes of environmental pollution that affect the coastal communes near the furnace.
Chile’s state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other companies, into what environmentalists called a “sacrifice zone.” Eight years ago, the Chilean government declared that the three municipalities surrounding the bay — Quintero, Puchuncaví,…