Labour issues: Sheets of copper cathode are pictured at BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, in Chile. Workers have decided to strike on wage disputes. ― Reuters
SANTIAGO: Workers at Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine, voted to strike, rejecting owner BHP Group’s final wage offer in a move that will stoke concerns over global supplies of the metal.
More than 99% of 2,175 members of the main union choose to stop work and pressure BHP into a better contract over the next three years, the union said in a statement.
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