A large power outage struck most of Chile on Tuesday, resulting in a curfew until Wednesday morning for the areas hit by the blackout.

A massive power outage across Chile plunged the country's capital Santiago into darkness on Tuesday and knocked out electricity to major copper mines in the country's north, buffeting global metal markets.

Most residents had power restored by midnight but the situation remained unstable. President Gabriel Boric blamed power companies for not acting faster.

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,

Citizens in Chile are getting back to normal after a nationwide power outage affected millions of people and a "state of emergency" gets lifted as officials point fingers at energy providers.

Power was restored to most of Chile's 19 million people Wednesday after the country's most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said, as authorities lifted a strict curfew imposed when the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.

A massive power outage across Chile plunged the country's capital Santiago into darkness on Tuesday (February 25) and knocked out electricity to major copper mines in the country's north, buffeting global metal markets. Syakir Jasnee reports.

Authorities have lifted a strict curfew imposed when the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.

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.