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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BHP tries to avert strike at Escondida copper mine in Chile
Mining News Pro - The deal with Sindicato 1, which represents more than 2,000 workers, must still be approved by members of the union, which have been called to vote on it Monday.
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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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Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine threaten to strike
Mining News Pro - Workers at BHP’s sprawling Escondida copper mine in northern Chile threatened on Wednesday to go on strike over what they described as safety concerns, the mine’s 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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Chile’s November copper output falls amid drops from Codelco and Escondida
Mining News Pro - Chile’s total copper production in November fell by 0.6% year-on-year to 481,800 tonnes, due to drops from state-owned Codelco and the giant Escondida mine, the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) reported on Tuesday.
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Chile’s Escondida copper mine union hopes for deal but girds for strike
Mining News Pro - The union representing workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, said on Wednesday it was preparing for a lengthy strike if owner BHP did not drop a historically “awful” attitude towards its labor force to reach a “fair and equitable” deal in looming contract talks.
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Union at BHP’s Escondida, Spence copper mines reject contract offer
Mining News Pro - A union representing workers at BHP’s Escondida and Spence mines in Chile has rejected the company’s contract offer, raising the risk of a strike at the two sprawling copper deposits, the union’s president told Reuters on Friday.
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Strike threat looms at BHP's Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile
Mining News Pro - A union representing workers at BHP Group's Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile has called for a strike vote among its members after contract negotiations stalled, the union's president told Reuters on Monday.
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Supervisors at Escondida evaluate proposal
Mining News Pro - Supervisors at Chile’s Escondida mine said they were evaluating a new labor contract proposal from mine operator BHP amid negotiations to head off a strike at the world’s largest copper deposit, the union said.
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Supervisors at Escondida copper mine fail to reach labor deal
Mining News Pro - The union of supervisors at Chile’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper deposit, said it had rejected BHP´s final offer in contract negotiations, raising the specter of a strike.
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Chilean regulators charge BHP`s Escondida copper mine with water misuse
Mining News Pro - Chile`s environmental watchdog said on Friday it would charge BHP`s Escondida copper mine, the world`s largest, with drawing more water from the parched Chilean desert than its permits allowed for nearly 15 years.
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Escondida offers early retirement amid pandemic
Mining News Pro - BHP said on Wednesday its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest, had offered some workers the option for early retirement amid the coronavirus pandemic, a plan blasted by the company’s union as a scheme to oust the old and sick.
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Chile court looks at alleged Escondida breaches
Mining News Pro - A Chilean environmental court will look into the State Defence Council’s (CDE) allegations that Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, has caused “irreparable damage” to the Punta Negra salt flat, in the northern Antofagasta region.
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Chile court looks at alleged Escondida breaches
Mining News Pro - A Chilean environmental court will look into the State Defence Council’s (CDE) allegations that Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, has caused “irreparable damage” to the Punta Negra salt flat, in the northern Antofagasta region.
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BHP confirms first two cases of coronavirus at Chile`s Escondida copper mine
Mining News Pro - Global miner BHP confirmed on Thursday two cases of coronavirus at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world´s largest.
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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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Copper output slumps at Codelco, BHP’s Escondida in November
Mining News Pro - Copper output slumped at Chile’s state miner Codelco and BHP’s sprawling Escondida mine in November, according to Chile state copper agency Cochilco, amid a turbulent month of riots and mass protests that rocked the mineral-rich South American nation.
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BHP says Escondida copper mine in Chile operating at ‘reduced rate’
Mining News Pro - BHP said its Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, was operating at a “reduced rate” after union workers walked off the job for part of the day on Tuesday in solidarity with the anti-government protest movement across Chile.
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Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, world’s largest, to down tools
Mining News Pro - Unionized workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, will stage a 24 hours-long strike on Tuesday in solidarity with ongoing massive protests sparked by a now suspended metro fare hike, as locals vent their discontent over the high cost of living and extreme inequality in one of Latin America’s most stable nations.
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Expecting an increase in the production cost of the Escondida copper mine in the current fiscal year
Mining News Pro - New labor contracts signed by the union and Escondida mining administration in recent days will increase copper production costs in the world`s largest copper producer, but the managers say they are looking for a solution to reduce costs.
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Workers at Chile`s Escondida, world`s top copper mine, ink contract
Mining News Pro - SANTIAGO – The union representing workers of Chilean copper mine Escondida signed a new collective labor contract on Friday, ending the risk of a strike that could have paralyzed the world`s biggest copper mine.
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Workers at Chile`s Escondida, world`s top copper mine, ink contract
Mining News Pro - The union representing workers of Chilean copper mine Escondida signed a new collective labor contract on Friday, ending the risk of a strike that could have paralyzed the world`s biggest copper mine.
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