“We have now been on strike for every week, and since final Wednesday after we had a gathering on the (labor ministry’s regional workplace), we’ve not had another kind of interplay with the corporate,” union head Marco Garcia advised Reuters.
“They agreed to current us with a proposal to have the ability to transfer on and carry the strike, however thus far we haven’t had any kind of dialogue,” Garcia mentioned.
The employees are ready to pull out the strike for greater than 40 days if wanted, in accordance with Garcia, regardless of rain and snow in latest days.
“Issues are beginning to get difficult on the mine,” he mentioned. “Output is at lower than half of capability, and that clearly makes issues difficult for them,” Garcia mentioned, including he hoped the corporate would attain out to the union this week.
Lundin didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The Caserones mine produced 139,520 metric tons of copper in 2023.
(By Fabian Cambero and Kylie Madry; Modifying by Jamie Freed)