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Antofagasta subsidiary fined for water violations in Chile

The company was engaged in unauthorised water extraction during drought-like conditions

The Choapa River, 2018. The river has its source in the Andean Mountains flows down through the Coquimbo Region. Photo: Mar del Sur / Wikimedia

The Choapa River, 2018. The river has its source in the Andean Mountains flows down through the Coquimbo Region. Photo: Mar del Sur / Wikimedia

The Chilean water authority, Dirección General de Aguas (DGA) Coquimbo, has fined Antofagasta's subsidiary, Minera Los Pelambres, $662 million pesos (approx. US$690,000) for violations of the country's...

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