Chile copper miners' strike ends
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A strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine, La Escondida in Chile,  ends.
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Mining stocks led the FTSE higher on Thursday with Antofagasta, the copper producer focused on Chile, up 3.1 per cent to 476p on talk that a special dividend of up to 40 US cents a share could be paid when full-year results are announced on Tuesday.
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Royal Mail workers in Liverpool have ended their wildcat strike - held over a dispute over shift patterns.
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Chile's copper mining industry saw record earnings of $14.2 bn in 2004, partly due to strong demand from China.
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Israel's labor unions ended a paralyzing two-day general strike on Wednesday that grounded international air traffic, shut financial markets and halted public services in a dispute over unpaid wages.
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Israel&#39;s labor unions ended a paralyzing two-day general strike on Wednesday that grounded international air traffic, shut financial markets and halted public services in a dispute over unpaid wages.
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday night and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
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BHP Billiton today announced the approval of the US$990 million Spence Copper Project in northern Chile. The project will have a designed capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes of copper cathode per annum and will have a mine life of 19 years.
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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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Workers at Swedish retail clothing chain Hennes and Mauritz's French warehouse in Le Bourget, outside Paris, voted to end a three-week-old strike after accepting management's salary hike proposals.
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ANKARA, Sept 8  - A huge fire swept through a copper mine in northern Turkey on Wednesday, killing at least 19 workers and injuring a further 17, a local official there said.
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A general strike in Guinea will end from Tuesday after President Lansana Conte agreed to demands to choose a new prime minister from a list proposed by opponents, union leaders said on Sunday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Union leaders at Chile's   Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, expect more than   2,000 workers to approve a new contract deal from the company   on Thursday, ending a strike in its 25th day.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A1 of the Nov. 23, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. SANTIAGO, Chile -- (Via PLDT) -- Pacific Rim leaders ended their two-day summit late Sunday
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday evening and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
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A highly polluting copper smelter in Uzbekistan will have ceased to be a problem in five years, officials say.
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ESPINAR, Peru  - Two years ago, 2,000 people in this small town in the Peruvian Andes stormed the offices of the Tintaya copper mine, demanding its owners spend more money on social projects and the environment.