Codelco says workers seize control of small Salvador mine in Chile

Contract workers demanding better working conditions in Chile have taken control of Codelco's small Salvador mine, the state-owned copper miner said, raising the stakes in a strike now in its sixth day. The labor dispute had already forced the suspension of operations at Salvador, which last year produced just under 1% of the company's total 54 000 t output, but its seizure by workers marks an escalation in the dispute.