Workers Vote to Strike at South32’s Cerro Matoso Nickel Mine
- Stoppage last year at Colombia mine lifted nickel prices
- About 70 percent of global nickel output seen as loss-making
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Workers at South32 Ltd.’s Cerro Matoso, the world’s second-biggest ferro-nickel mine, voted to take strike action amid a dispute over negotiations on a wage agreement.
Members of the Sintracerromatoso union approved the move at the operation in northern Colombia, the union’s negotiator Eder Blanco confirmed in a text message. A strike must begin before June 14, and a deal to avert the action could be reached before then.