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A strike by workers for BHP's Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile entered its fifth day on Monday, as the union awaited a decision by labor authorities over whether substitute workers the company called in are legal, a union leader told Reuters.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) was founded in 1974 in response to oil embargos the previous year that caused...

Black & Veatch, a leading provider of low-carbon energy infrastructure solutions, has been selected to conduct the technical, engineering and commercial studies of the Andes Energy Terminal (AET) located in the Aguadulce Peninsula in Buenaventura, Colombia. The study will build on commercial and technical work previously completed by the sponsors and focus on the development

The figure is part of a plan drawn up to resolve a lawsuit from the state over water use and related damage to a sensitive area.

CATCHES OF THE WEEK Marcus Gallegos, of Los Lunas, caught a 19-inch rainbow trout at Canjilon Lakes using orange PowerBait on May 20. Zeke Acosta, 7, of Albuquerque, caught his first fish, a 12-inch white bass, at Conchas Lake using a bright chartreuse and orange spinner May 23. Aiden Zook, of Corona, caught and released a half-pound albino catfish at Corona Pond using raw chicken May 27. Makenzie, Oliver and Penelope Fitzgerald, ages 13, 7, and 5, of Amarillo, Texas, caught a 21-inch rainbow ...

From the nickel mines of Northern Ontario and the coalfields of Alabama to the Atacama desert in Chile and the jungles of Colombia, miners of every race and nationality are engaged in an international strike wave against the world’s most powerful transnational mining corporations.

Mining group BHP (BHP.AX) will spend up to $93 million in environmental repairs and reparations after a Chilean court brokered an agreement in a lawsuit from the state over water use and related damage to a sensitive salt flat in the north of the country.

The union of workers for BHP's sprawling Escondida mine said on Friday it had delivered an initial proposal for a new collective labor contract, marking the opening salvo in much-watched negotiations at the world's largest copper deposit.

HANOI — Copper prices rose on Thursday, rebounding from two sessions of losses, as supply threat in the Americas lent prices some support despite weak demand…

Copper prices fell on Thursday, on track for the third straight session of losses in London, as weak demand in top consumer China outweighed a supply threat in the Americas.