Hundreds of workers sacked at BHP's Escondida in Chile

By Cecilia Jamasmie

About 600 contract employees at BHP Billiton’s (ASX, NYSE: BHP) Escondida copper mine in northern Chile have been fired as a result of their involvement in demonstrations that took place between February 28 and March 3, reports Radio University of Chile (in Spanish).

At the time workers obstructed roads leading …read more