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Article: Chile: BHP Fails to Reach Deal With Striking Miners in Chile.
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- November 5, 2009
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Byline: sanjayV03
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world s largest mining company, failed to reach an agreement with striking workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile today, union officials said.
The unions asked Chilean Labor Minister Claudia Serrano to intervene in talks with workers who have been on strike for more than three weeks, Pedro Marin, president of Chile s Mining Federation, said today in an interview. The conflict is unlikely to be resolved this week, said Marin, who acts as a mediator for almost 5,000 copper workers in Chile.
The Spence strike is reducing global supplies of metal used in power cables and electrical wire, prompting a 5 ...