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Collahuasi copper mine averts strike, union agrees to deal

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The union of workers at Chile's Collahuasi copper mine has come to an agreement in labour talks with the mine operator, the union president said on Friday, staving off the threat of a strike at the sprawling deposit. The talks at Collahuasi - a partnership between Glencore and Anglo American with Japanese firms - were widely seen as the most sensitive of 2020 in top copper producer Chile, both because of the size of the union involved and the mine's importance to the country´s total output. "We have reached a collective agreement with the company to the satisfaction of both parties," Felipe Román, president of the union, told Reuters.
 
 
 
 
 

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