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Workers at Codelco’s Chuquicamata mine to vote on strike action

Unionized workers rejected on Saturday the miner’s final contract negotiation offer and announced that they will vote on a proposal to go on strike.

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Chile’s Codelco brushes off rumoured copper output drop

Media reports had said production at Chuquicamata would drop to around 182,000 tonnes by 2021 from 459,000 tonnes this year, addin that the fall would impact Codelco’s total production by around 4%.

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World’s No. 2 lithium miner SQM sees demand growing by 17% this year

The Chilean lithium producer expects demand to grow about 17% in 2019 to at least 315,000 tonnes, compared to the less than 260,000 tonnes it totalled last year.

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Zambia’s just deepened worries of sinking global copper output

Copper output in Africa’s second largest producer could decline by as much as 100,000 tonnes this year, adding to recent, sharp declines at the world’s main producing nations.

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Poland’s KGHM hits production record thanks to Sierra Gorda copper mine

Europe’s second-largest copper producer also posted its best quarterly results in the last three years, with revenue rising by PLN 1.2 billion (about $312 million).

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Hudbay Minerals settles board battle with shareholder Waterton

Canadian miner will elect 11 nominees of Waterton Global Resource Management, its second largest shareholder, as part of the settlement that ends a long-dragged battle over control of Hudbay.

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