BHP says Escondida copper mine in Chile operating at ‘reduced rate’
UJnion workers walked off the job for part of the day on Tuesday in solidarity with the anti-government protest movement across Chile.
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SolGold strikes again in Ecuador’s Andean copper belt
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Copper Mountain mine’s mineral reserve expanded
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