A view shows Codelco's Ventanas copper smelter, in Ventanas, Chile June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Workers at Chilean state-owned miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said on Saturday they will start preparations for a national strike after the firm announced the closure of the troubled Ventanas smelter.
Unions had threatened to strike for the past week if the Codelco board did not invest to upgrade the facility after an environmental incident sickened dozens of people. On Friday the company instead chose to shut it down.
