Chile sinkhole grows large enough to swallow France’s Arc de Triomphe
Reuters A sinkhole in Chile has doubled in size, growing large enough to engulf France’s Arc de Triomphe and prompting officials to order work to stop at a nearby copper mine. The sinkhole, which emerged on 30th July, now stretches 50 metres across and goes down 200 metres. Seattle’s Space Needle would also comfortably fit […]
Chilean authorities investigate mysterious large sinkhole near copper mine
Santiago, ChileReuters Chilean authorities started investigating on Monday a mysterious sinkhole about 25 metres in diameter that appeared over the weekend in a mining area in the north of the country. Chilean media showed aerial images of the sinkhole on land operated by a Canadian Lundin Mining copper mine, about 665 kilometres north of capital […]