COPPER STRIKE
Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde started an indefinite strike on Friday that halted output of about 40 000 t/m at Peru's top copper mine, a union official said on Friday.
Copper prices rose following the latest disruption to global supplies, amid a monthlong strike at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine in Chile and a dispute over export rights at Freeport's Glasberg mine in Indonesia.
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