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Contractors protest at BHP Billiton's Escondida in Chile

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 03, 2012 | 3:08 pm Base Metals Top Companies Europe Latin America Copper 

Contract workers blocked some roads to Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, on Thursday in a bonus dispute, although production operations weren't halted, reports local newspaper La Tercera. Escondida, owned by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), produced 819.261 tons of...

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