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Reactivated works include the Chuquicamata underground mine development and a new mine level at the El Teniente mine, both of which are about 50% complete. Early works at the Rajo Inca development at Salvador and construction at the Andina transfer project were also suspended as part of prevention measures.
"Sticking strictly to hygiene and safety measures, during recent weeks we have achieved to slowly restart activities at our main structural projects," the company said in answers submitted to the country's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, reported El Mercurio.
