Workers at the world’s largest copper-mining operation, controlled by BHP Billiton, are expected to strike on Thursday, driving up copper prices on fears of a shortage of the metal and ...

Strikers are digging in at BHP's (NYSE:BHP) Escondida copper mine in Chile, as the union rejected a company request to pause its action and come back to the negotiation table, Reuters reported ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A powerful workers union behind a strike at BHP's huge Escondida mine, which produced nearly 5% of the world's copper in 2023, is looking to snarl production at the site as it ...

Copper prices have increased about 400 percent in the past quarter of a century, and broke US$10,000 a tonne in April for the first time in two years. Global demand is expected to grow by up to 2. ...

Global miner BHP reached a preliminary deal with the supervisors' union at its Escondida mine in Chile, avoiding a strike at the world's largest copper deposit, the company announced late on ...

The Copper Queen Mine is open for tours seven days a week, five times a day and only closes on Christmas and Thanksgiving. The tour cost is $13 for adults and $5.50 for age 6-12.

In 2013 copper output reached 450,000 tons, making it Codelco's top producing mine that year. Miners memorial . El Teniente employs 4,000 staff workers and about 11,000 contractors.

Smoke and debris rocket into the air, then the ground shakes as far as 600 meters away. Seconds later, a boom rings out as explosives pulverize 190,000 tonnes of rock near the base of Chile's ...

Workers at the world’s largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier this week and restarted negotiations with Australian mining giant BHP, the union and management announced ...