The Canadian company was forced to suspend work recently on its Pascua Lama mine on the Chilean side of the high altitude Andes.

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It is a small drift mine - a mine cut into the side of a hill, where the coal seam is accessed by walking in.

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Two more men escaped unaided from the drift mine - a mine cut into the side of a hill where the coal seam is accessed horizontally - before emergency services arrived.

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Skiers should pick a side and mine it.

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An increase in copper demand places pressure on the supply side, which continues to experience shortfalls in mine output versus forecasts.

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There was also little damage from the supply side as a dip in scrap and the swing to net de-hedging outweighed a modest rise in mine production.

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