“Andina’s union leaders have known for several months that 2022 is the year in which underground operations [at the mine] would be halted due to the depletion of its reserves,” Codelco said.
“The details of this situation have been explained to them. This goes back to decisions taken more than ten years ago due to economic and technical reasons and will not affect the current production levels at Andina,” the Chilean state-owned miner added.
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