Copper Output Disrupted at Strike-Hit Capstone Chile Mine

Production at a Capstone Copper Corp. mine in northern Chile has halted amid a nearly three-week labor strike, further tightening the global market. The company’s shares fell.

The company said in a Thursday statement that individuals entered desalination plant facilities 40 kilometers (25 miles) from its Mantoverde mine on Jan. 18 and interference with its electrical system interrupted the water supply to the open-pit copper and gold operation.