Asarco strike: Daily update
Days on strike:
6
Number of striking workers:
About 1,500.
Developments:
Three factors - the Asarco strike, another copper strike at the Zaldivar mine in Chile owned by Vancouver-based Placer Dome Inc., and a June earthquake in Chile that damaged equipment at BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine - have industry experts concerned about short-term copper shortages.
What's next:
Union officials representing workers at Mexican copper mines owned by Grupo Mexico - Asarco's parent company - are meeting in Mexico City to decide how they will show support for striking Asarco workers. Mexican union officials pledged solidarity to Asarco's workers at a June 21 rally held in Tucson as part of a "Day of Global Solidarity" organized by the United Steelworkers of America.
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Where they're striking:
Ray Mine near Kearny, Hayden Mill, Hayden Smelter, Mission Mine near Sahuarita, Silver Bell Mine near Marana, refinery in Amarillo, Texas.
Latest spot price for copper:
$1.60 per pound.
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