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Chile helping miners to stay afloat, but threat of labour reform, lower copper prices loom

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 08, 2016 | 1:30 am Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Europe Latin America Copper Lithium Silver 

[caption id="attachment_846192" align="alignright" width="500"] Escondida, the world's largest copper-producing mine. Image courtesy of BHP Billiton[/caption] Copper mining companies operating in Chile, the world’s top producer of the industrial metal, have begun bringing contractors in-house and bracing for salary hikes ahead...

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