Strike Ends at Zaldivar

More than 500 striking workers at Placer Dome’s Zaldivar copper mine in Chile voted to accept a new three-year contract and will return to work on Wednesday. Although the company has made no comment regarding lost production, most analysts believe the impact on total production will be minimal since the company processed reserves throughout the week-long strike. The Zaldivar mine is scheduled to produce 150,000 metric tons of copper this year.