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Can Capstone Copper’s Response to Mantoverde Outage Reshape Its Strategic Story (TSX:CS)?
Capstone Copper announced that recent back-to-back failures of both ball mill drive motors at its Mantoverde mine in Chile have cut sulphide copper production to roughly half capacity, with repairs expected to take around four weeks and an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate impacted.
This operational setback highlights the risk of relying on critical machinery at key assets and underscores the importance of contingency planning and maintenance coordination in mining...