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 red metal, with power firms working to restore the system to full operation,

A significant power outage hit Chile, affecting mining operations in the world's top copper-producing country and leaving many areas without electricity. Mines such as Escondida and those operated by Codelco were impacted.

Chile's major copper mines slowly returned to normal operations Wednesday, as the power grid begins to be restored after a massive power outage hit the world's top producer of the metal. The outage, caused by a transmission line failure in northern Chile,

Chile's state miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said on Wednesday it was evaluating the impacts of a nationwide powercut on its production, and that recovery would be its main focus.