Chile's power grid and major copper mines slowly came back online on Wednesday morning after a major outage hit the world's top producer of the metal, with power firms working to restore the system to full operation,

A widespread power outage in the South American nation of Chile left millions of people without electricity Tuesday, according to news reports.

Chile has been hit by its worst blackout in 15 years after a transmission line failure knocked out power for hours for more than 90 per cent of its population as well as the country’s crucial copper mines.

The interruptions occurred at Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Santiago in Chile Open 2025 after a sudden nationwide power crisis plunged the Chilean capital into darkness.

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.