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Chile's copper miners seek transport alternatives due to crime wave

FILE PHOTO: The Codelco El Teniente copper mine, the world's largest underground copper mine is shown near Rancagua, Chile August 13, 2020. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo

Chilean miners including state-owned Codelco will evaluate transportation alternatives after a key railway suspended transport of a major copper product due to growing theft in the country's main mining region, the state firm said on Tuesday.

Chile is the world's top copper producer but a recent wave of robberies have undermined the logistics of bringing the valuable red metal to market.

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