BHP averts strike at Escondida mine with preliminary union deal
Mining News Pro - Global miner BHP reached a preliminary deal with the supervisors’ union at its Escondida mine in Chile, avoiding a strike at the world’s largest copper deposit, the company announced late on Wednesday.
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Escondida mine workers announce strike amid labor demands
Mining News Pro - Union members will stop operations in all their shifts during the strike but will provide minimum services, Sindicato 1, which represents more than 2,000 workers, said in a statement.
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Escondida mine conflict unresolved
Mining News Pro - A dispute between workers and Chile’s Escondida mine, the largest copper deposit in the world, remained unresolved on Tuesday as regulators reviewed the site following safety complaints, the union said.
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Union at Escondida mine threatens work stoppage
Mining News Pro - A union representing workers at BHP’s sprawling Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine, on Thursday threatened a work stoppage over what it claims are breaches in its collective contract.
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Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama
Mining News Pro - Chile’s environmental regulator said on Thursday it had fined Escondida mine, controlled by company BHP, $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction in the Salar de Atacama salt flat.
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BHP to supply water for Escondida mine from desalination plant only
Mining News Pro - BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest, won’t continue to draw fresh water from the Atacama salt flat, using instead desalinated water brought from its coastal plants.
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Union official at Chile`s Escondida mine predicts `overwhelming` vote against BHP offer
Mining News Pro - SANTIAGO – The union at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's largest copper mine, is expected to overwhelmingly reject the final contract offer from the Anglo-Australian miner, increasing the likelihood of a strike, a union leader told Reuters on Monday.
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BHP makes contract offer to union at Escondida mine in Chile
Mining News - SANTIAGO – BHP Billiton handed in a proposal for a new labor contract to the union at its Escondida copper mine in Chile that includes a salary readjustment linked to inflation and a $23 000 bonus per worker, the company said on Wednesday.
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