Workers end strike at world's largest copper mine
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Workers at the world's largest   copper mine, Chile's Escondida, voted on Thursday to accept a   new contract deal and end a strike that sent international   copper prices on a 25-day rollercoaster ride.
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Thousands of striking casino-hotel workers reached a tentative contract agreement that signals an end to a bitter, month-old walkout - the longest in Atlantic City casino history.
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A fire engulfed a copper mine in northern Turkey Wednesday, killing 13 workers and leaving others trapped in smoke-clogged shafts after the flames were extinguished.
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ANKARA: At least 19 miners were killed when a fire broke out in a copper mine in northwestern Turkey and as many as 20 more people were believed to be trapped in the mine&#39;s tunnel.
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Hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers went on strike on Thursday in the largest industrial action witnessed in the last decade.
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Hopes of finding any survivors from one of Europe's deadliest mining accidents have ended, as rescue workers recovered the final body of 23 victims of a gas blast at a pit in southern Poland.
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SYDNEY: BHP Billiton said it has approved a copper project in northern Chile costing 990 million US dollars and the expansion of its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
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Clashes between state-employed and independent miners leave 12 dead at Bolivia's largest tin mine.
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Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is hoping for a resolution soon to a strike by workers at its Angamos port, which ships copper from its largest division, Codelco Norte.
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Labor unions on Saturday called off a strike aimed at overturning a government fuel-price hike, ending a four-day work stoppage that shut down most major economic activity in Africa's biggest oil producer, officials said.
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A strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine may be near an end after an outline deal is reached.
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Fire broke out on Thursday at a gold  mine in Russia's Eastern Siberia owned by London-listed  Highland Gold Mining, trapping at least 19 workers underground,  emergency officials said.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, approved a total of $1.5 billion to expand its copper and iron ore output amid increasing global metals demand led by China.
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Thousands of striking casino-hotel workers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a contract offer from seven casinos, ending their monthlong strike.
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Thousands of miners held a one-day strike Monday, marking the anniversary of an underground blast that killed 65 people and raised troubling questions about mining safety in Mexico.
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Fire broke out on Thursday at a gold   mine in Russia's Eastern Siberia owned by London-listed   Highland Gold Mining, trapping at least 19 workers underground,   emergency officials said.
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Chile's Escondida, the world's largest  copper mine, has appealed a government directive requiring it  to hire hundreds of non-union workers on a permanent basis, the  El Mercurio newspaper reported on Tuesday.