A large power outage struck vast swaths of Chile on Tuesday, interrupting mining operations in the world's biggest copper producer and leaving residents of Santiago without electricity. Areas from the mining-intensive north to the central and southern regions that are home to most of the population,

Chile's Santiago, and major copper mines in the country's north were hit by a massive power outage on Tuesday, impacting global metal markets.

A massive power blackout struck much of Chile, leaving residents of Santiago without electricity and interrupting mining operations in the world's biggest copper producing country.