Veteran Copper Executive Sees Mines Avoiding Major Strike Shocks
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One of the world’s most seasoned copper executives isn’t particularly worried about supply shocks from strikes in top-producing nation Chile.
“I don’t see an especially dangerous period,” Diego Hernandez, head of Chilean mining society Sonami, said on a webinar Wednesday. He was responding to a question on risks from a hectic schedule of collective bargaining in Chile that have helped support copper’s rally to seven-year highs.