FILE PHOTO: Copper concentrate is stockpiled in Punta Chungo port that is used to export copper from Antofagasta Minerals’ key Los Pelambres Mine, located 220 km (197 miles) north of Santiago July 7, 2010. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Most of Chile’s copper miners said they had maintained their operations on Tuesday, albeit with some delays and sporadic unrest, amid calls for a general strike and a fresh day of social protests, unions and management teams told Reuters. To date, copper production in the world’s largest producer of the red metal has not been significantly hurt by more than three weeks of protests pushing demands for improvements in pensions, health and education. Public sector workers, students and other trade union groups called for a general strike on Tuesday, although they guaranteed that sectors such as fuel production and supply would not be affected. In Calama, the city seen as the gateway to the Atacama Desert which is home to some of Chile’s principal copper deposits, barricades blocked some roads and the entry of workers’ buses and trucks to some sites. The Collahuasi union, an association between Anglo American and Glencore, announced a march outside the mine but output would… Read full this story
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