Workers vote to strike at Escondida, world’s largest copper mine

About 2,500 workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's biggest copper operation, voted late Tuesday to reject a company wage offer and opted instead to go on strike. The walk out could begin as early as Friday,...

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