www.vumii.com info@vumii.com Chuquicamata, one of the largest open pit copper mines and the second deepest open-pit mine in the world, has been in operation since 1910. “Chuqui”, as it is popularly known, is located in northern Chile, 1,650 km north of the country’s capital, Santiago. It is owned and operated by Codelco, and forms part of the company’s Codelco Norte Division, producing some 855,000 tons of copper annually. SCENARIO Mining companies face many challenging conditions at their work sites, from landslides to security concerns, making real-time accurate surveillance and recording an extremely important element of operations. As such they need to be able to monitor what is happening on the ground from a safe distance, and also to pinpoint problems as they develop so

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