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To: LoneClone who wrote (38461)6/11/2009 7:54:02 PM
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Peru mining federation calls off nationwide strike

Peru's largest mining federation said it had called off a nationwide strike due to start on June 15.
Posted: Thursday , 11 Jun 2009

LIMA (Reuters) -

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Peru's largest mining federation said on Thursday it had called off a nationwide strike due to start on June 15 after Congress voted on retirement rules and said it would debate a profit-sharing bill.

"The national strike has been suspended until further notice," Luis Castillo, head of the National Federation of Mine and Steel Workers, told Reuters.

He said the protest was canceled after Congress voted to lower the age for retirement and promised to debate a bill that would lift caps on profit-sharing in the sector, which has been battered by the global economic slowdown.

Peru is the world's top producer of silver, No. 2 in copper and zinc, and ranks sixth in gold output.

Prices for most the country's metals exports have fallen due to the global slowdown and the federation says about 9,750 mine workers have lost their jobs since November.

Last year, the group held a nearly one-week strike, which hit some key mines and helped push global copper prices to record highs. (Reporting by Dana Ford; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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