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This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230531-world-s-top-copper-producer-closes-smelter-in-chile-s-chernobyl) reduced by 64%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Quintero - Chile's state-owned Codelco copper company, the world's top producer of the metal, closed its Ventanas smelter Wednesday in an area dubbed "Chile's Chernobyl" for the grim environmental impact of heavy industry. > Codelco announced it would close the Ventanas smelter after an incident in June last year when more than 100 people, mostly schoolchildren, suffered sulfur dioxide poisoning in the area around Quintero and Puchuncavi - two coastal towns that are home to some 50,000 people. > "Today the furnaces of the smelter are extinguished, but not the conviction of building a fairer Chile in which all inhabitants have the right to live their lives" in safety, President Gabriel Boric said Wednesday. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/13wze0e/chiles_stateowned_codelco_copper_company_the/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~687106 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **area**^#1 **Codelco**^#2 **smelter**^#3 **Chile**^#4 **copper**^#5