Production resumes at major copper mine in Chile after workers end strike

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Production resumed today at Chile’s Chuquicamata copper mine, one of the world’s largest, a day after workers seeking better wages and benefits voted to end a short strike, officials said.

Workers at the mine, who went on strike Monday, reportedly accepted a new contract from state-owned Codelco during a union vote Tuesday. The workers had threatened to strike last week after failed negotiations.

The latest offer by Codelco included salary increases of about 4 % and bonuses of about $24,000, according to media reports.

“We have resumed production as workers returned to the mine,” a Codelco spokesman told Reuters. The Chuquicamata mine produces about 4% of the copper used in the world, officials said.

-- Efrain Hernandez Jr.