Fabian Cambero
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The cathode manufacturing process is pictured inside a plant at the copper smelter in Chile. January 7, 2015. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo
SANTIAGO, July 27 (Reuters) - Chile s environmental regulator said on Tuesday that it had filed charges against Canadian miner Lundin s (LUN.TO) Candelaria copper mine for breaches in its operational permits, including violations related to its blasting operations.
The Andean country s environmental regulator, SMA, said it had received a number of complaints from local residents and that it expected the mining company to address those complaints along with its own demands in a compliance plan.
It said that one serious charge related to the fact that more explosives than had been authorized in an original environmental plan were being used at Candelaria, resulting in an increase in atmospheric emissions that could potentially cause health problems for local residents.
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