Category: Escondida
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Union at BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile signs new deal, ending risk of strike By Reuters
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The union of workers at Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest, signed a deal on Sunday with BHP, ending a strike that could have threatened global supplies of the red metal. The three-year deal includes changes to working conditions such as “initiatives to improve shift changes, increase…
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BHP and striking union at Escondida fail to resume formal talks By Reuters
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SANTIAGO/ANTOFAGASTA (Reuters) – Mining group BHP and the striking workers’ union at its Escondida mine in Chile failed to resume formal negotiations after a preliminary meeting earlier in the day, the miners’ union said on Wednesday. The copper miners’ union began a strike on Tuesday at the Escondida mine, the…