Vale to suspend Sudbury ops after failed labor talks

Brazilian miner Vale said in a securities filing on Tuesday it will suspend operations at its Sudbury, Canada nickel mine, after its proposal for a five-year contract was rejected by the United Steelworkers union. United Steelworkers Local 6500, which represents 2 600 workers at the mine, said in a statement that 70% of those who voted were opposed to the Vale offer and wanted the union - whose bargaining committee had recommended the preliminary deal - to return to the bargaining table. Sudbury produced 43 200 t of nickel last year, representing a bit less than half of Vale's overall Canadian output of the base metal.