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Big, fat mining salaries fueling Chile's consumer boom

MINING.com Editor | August 22, 2013 | 11:36 pm Base Metals Careers Precious Metals Asia Australia China Latin America Copper Gold 

Spending by Chilean miners is providing a boost to GDP, as the mining boom continues to shrink unemployment and to push salaries to new highs. Truck drivers at the BHP-operated* Escondida mine site, for example, now earn the equivalent of $80,000,...

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