ComputeLabs Research
Workers at copper producer Antofagasta’s Centinela mine reached a tentative labor agreement and agreed to end their strike.
· ComputeLabs Research · from the October 17, 2026 edition
The update concerns unionized workers at Centinela, an Antofagasta copper mine. Financial_Express relayed a union statement saying workers and management had reached a preliminary agreement on a new labor contract.
The reported agreement remained tentative. The same statement said workers had agreed to end the strike, but the supplied messages did not provide a ratification result or the final contract text. Wage increases, benefits, contract duration, and other negotiated terms were not disclosed.
The operational detail is limited to the agreement to stop striking. The sources do not state when workers would return, whether normal production had resumed, or how much output had been affected. They therefore do not establish a quantified change in copper supply.
Additional reporting
- Antofagasta’s Centinela mine

