The company said in a statement that the wage offer rejected earlier today by the union was the "best collective labour contract at a private mine in the country."
(Reporting by Dave Sherwood, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Anglo-Australian miner BHP said on Thursday it had begun to review contingency plans ahead of a possible strike by union workers at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest.
The company said in a statement that the wage offer rejected earlier today by the union was the "best collective labour contract at a private mine in the country."
(Reporting by Dave Sherwood, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)