Chuquicamata mine in Chile is one of the deepest open copper mines in the world. Workers mine the ore hundreds of meters below the surface.
The raw material is in such demand that a small town has already had to give way to the business. Chile is at the forefront of global copper production, with more than a quarter of the world's total production coming from there. The mining of the raw material has a downside, as shown in an image from the NASA satellite “Landsat 9” from the beginning of January 2024.