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Bloomberg
Anti-government protests that have shaken the world’s largest copper producing nation Chile for the past three days have spread to the mining sector as unions call for stoppages. Workers at BHP Ltd.’s Escondida mine will hold a “warning stoppage†for 10 hours in solidarity with protests.
The stoppage risks disrupting copper supply from the world’s largest producer, with ports already being impacted by protests.
Copper futures climbed to the highest in more than a month in New York.