- Anglo American (OTCQX:AAUKF, OTCPK:AAUKY) says it is halting production and evacuating 1,500 workers from its Los Bronces copper mine in Chile after contract workers seized installations at the mine.
- The company says the incident follows recent wage negotiations between a union of contract workers and companies that provide services to Los Bronces.
- Anglo says it is still evaluating whether the incident would impact production at Los Bronces, one of the world's biggest copper mines; the mine produced 401K tons of copper last year.