Union officials and southern copper mine managers in Peru were unable to reach an agreement to end the open-ended strike after a lengthy meeting Monday night, a union spokesman announced Tuesday.
“The company disagreed with the union’s basic demand for a larger share of the profits,” said Raul Urere, leader of the 2,200-worker union. Another meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, he said.
The strike began Monday following labor disruptions at Peru's largest copper mines, Cerro Verde and Escondida in Chile, earlier this year. At Southern Copper on Monday, 80 percent of operating capacity was shut down in a strike. Southern Copper, owned by Grupo Mexico, increased copper production by 21 percent to 900,000 tonnes last year amid an expansion at a mine in Mexico.
In Peru, at the South Copper mine, miners decide to go on strike
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