Chile's Antofagasta reaches wage agreement at Centinela mine

Chilean miner Antofagasta said on Wednesday it had reached a new wage agreement with unionised workers at its Centinela mine, defusing the risk of a strike amid a volatile labour landscape in the world's top copper-producing nation. The three unions, which together represent 98 percent of the mine's workforce of more than 1 500, agreed to a three-year contract that assures all company workers there the same benefits. The contract includes a 2% raise and a 14-million-peso ($22 600) bonus per worker, the company said in a statement.