Chile Faces Mine Stoppages as Workers Join Protests
- BHP’s Escondida copper workers to halt mine for 10 hours
- Umbrella group of unions CTMIN calls for Oct. 23 strike
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Anti-government protests that have shaken the world’s largest copper producing nation Chile for the past three days have spread to the mining sector as unions call for stoppages.
Workers at BHP Ltd.’s Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper operation, will hold a “warning stoppage” for 10 hours starting late Monday or early on Tuesday in solidarity with protests taking place across the country, according to Union No. 1. Umbrella group of unions and mining federations CTMIN is calling for a general mining strike on Oct. 23.