Chile

Union workers at Chile's Altonorte copper smelter said on Friday they expect tough wage talks with owner Xstrata <XTA.L>, which claims tight margins on lower treatment charges has hurt the business. Xstrata had rejected the workers' wage...

In this article: Copper, Xstrata, E-mail, Molybdenum, BHP Billiton, and London

Chile's peso <CLP=CL> ended slightly weaker on Friday, recovering from earlier steep losses as traders sold U.S. dollars to lock in profits, while stocks shot up in late trading on a brighter market outlook. The peso fell 0.1 percent to...

In this article: Cencosud, Tax, Latin America, Santiago, Peru, Brazil, and Russia

...Updates closing prices) By Chris Kelly and Michael Taylor Copper prices ended higher on Friday as potential supply threats in Chile added to bullish prospects of a stronger demand outlook next year and further investment money flows...

In this article: Copper, Commodity, Zinc, BHP Billiton, China, Tin, and Barclays Capital

...owner BHP Billiton on Friday in an effort to end a 39-day work stoppage that threatened to spread to the miner's other operations in Chile. A leading Chilean mine union earlier on Friday threatened to halt output at mines owned by BHP...

In this article: BHP Billiton, Copper, and Sulfuric acid

SANTIAGO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Strikers at Chile's Spence copper mine agreed to resume wage talks with owner BHP Billiton on Friday to end a 39-day stoppage that raised the specter of wider disruptions at the miner's operations in the top...

In this article: Copper, BHP Billiton, and Santiago

Chile's peso <CLP=> fell 1.01 percent in early Friday trade, extending a sharp sell-off a day earlier on wider dollar strength and global stock losses, traders said. The peso fell to 505.80/506.00 per dollar compared with Thursday's close...

...them a team to watch at World Cup 2010 in South Africa. By John Ley and Jason Burt Published: 8:19AM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Red alert: Chile's players, bound for World Cup 2010 in South Africa, celebrate a goal during a friendly...

In this article: Marcelo Bielsa, World Cup 2010, South Africa, World Cup, Humberto Suazo, Jorge Valdivia, Daniel Passarella, Argentina, and Brazil

...that the proof of spying includes the officer's confession, an Internet address in Chile to which he passed information, money transfers from Chile to Peru and his travel itineraries for frequent visits to Chile. Velasquez said that...

In this article: Peru, Lima, Michelle Bachelet, Allegation, War of the Pacific, and America Television

...explanation from Chile after Peru detained one of its own air force officers on suspicion of treason for allegedly spying for Chile. Chile's government has denied any involvement, and Garcia on Monday stopped short of suggesting the spat...

In this article: Alan Garcia, Peru, Michelle Bachelet, Santiago, War of the Pacific, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

TEMUCUICUI, Chile (AP) - Small groups of Mapuche Indians have so rattled Chile by seizing forests, burning buses and attacking police to demand land and autonomy that the leftist government has turned to dictatorship-era measures to quell...

In this article: Michelle Bachelet, Unicef, and Santiago