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From: RealMuLan8/29/2006 1:40:00 PM
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Workers are not benefiting from the huge profit of mining companies, and they are fighting back--Crucial battle in Chile against global mine bosses

Miners resist their bosses
socialistworker.co.uk

by Michael Stanton, in Santiago, Chile

The Escondida opencast copper mine is the biggest in the world. The miners work in harsh conditions - at altitudes of 10,000 feet in the Atacama desert, north Chile.

It is 100 miles from the nearest city, Antofagasta, and over 1,000 miles from the capital, Santiago.

But it is crucial to world copper production - delivering 8 percent of the global supply of the mineral.

Hence the cries of horror from the financial press when miners there began a strike four weeks ago.

The two Anglo-Australian companies that control this huge wealth are BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.
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