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Work Halted Due to Strike at BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado Mine
Jan. 11, 2016 09:37AM PST
Base Metals Investing Reuters reported that work at BHP Billiton’s (NYSE:BHP) Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile has been halted due to a workers strike.
Reuters reported that work at BHP Billiton’s (NYSE:BHP) Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile has been halted due to a workers strike.
As quoted in the publication:
Unionised workers at global miner BHP Billiton’s Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations failed, union director Gustavo Tapia told Reuters.
Workers “abandoned the mine, and the strike became effective as of 8 in the morning (1100 GMT)”, said Tapia.