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,

STORY: A massive power outage left Chile’s capital, Santiago in darkness on Tuesday.Chile’s government announced a state of emergency and a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the regions from Arica in the north to Los Lagos in the south.

Chile’s capital city, Santiago, and major copper mines in the country’s north were hit by a massive power outage on Tuesday, impacting global metal markets. Chile’s government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew from 10 P.