Reuters reported that workers of one union at Teck Resources Limited's Chilean Quebrada Blanca mine which produced 86,200 tonnes of copper in 2010 have voted in favor of a new labor contract defusing a strike threat.

Mr Mr Jorge Flores union president of Teck said that the union's assembly voted to approve Teck's new offer after the Vancouver based miner requested government brokered talks to stave off a strike the union voted for last week.

Mr Flores said that "The assembly has sent us to approve the offer," which includes the salary increase the union had requested. The union has 309 members. The mine's total workforce of around 900 people also includes members of a second union and subcontractors.”

(Sourced from Reuters)