BHP Halts Escondida Mine Operations After Fatal Mining Accident

MT Newswires · 1d ago
11:22 PM EDT, 09/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- BHP (BHP.L, BHG.JO) said Wednesday it suspended mining operations at its Escondida copper mine in Chile after an employee died while carrying out maintenance work. The mining company added that it launched an investigation and notified the relevant authorities of the fatal accident. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Chile's National Geology and Mining Service separately said it had deployed a regional team to probe the incident.