Chile copper workers begin nationwide strike over smelter closure

Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco, the world’s largest, was hit on Wednesday by a nationwide strike against the miner’s decision to close permanently an allegedly polluting smelter in the country’s central zone. Unions demand that, instead of shutting down Ventanas, the...

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