Workers at BHP Billiton?s Escondida mine have extended their one-day work stoppage to an indefinite strike. Workers are demanding profit-sharing, as commodity prices has been increasing, allowing the company to reap massive profits. A production loss of 3000 tons of copper per day is expected to occur as a result of this strike. As the stoppage is reaching its 6th day, analysts claim that BHP is not likely to let the strike continue for too long.
See "BHP says Chile strike 'illegal' as stand-off continue", BBC News Online, July 24, 2011