Union at Chile Lomas Bayas mine far from deal with Glencore

Unionised workers at Glencore's Lomas Bayas copper mine, in Chile, rejected a final contract offer and began government-facilitated mediation on Thursday to avoid a strike, the union said, adding that they were still far from agreement. Union president Pedro Valdivia said workers agreed to lay down tools on January 10 if no agreement was reached during the mediation.