Wednesday, March 30, 2011

World's Third Largest Silver Producer Halts Production Due to Strike

And we thought the NFLPA strike was big news.  Blythe cannot be happy about this.

(Reuters) - A week-old strike at Bolivia's San Cristobal mine has totally paralyzed production and exports of silver, zinc and lead, a union leader said on Wednesday.
San Cristobal is the world's third-largest producer of silver and the sixth-largest producer of zinc, according to Japan's Sumitomo Corp (8053.T), which owns the mine. (Reporting by Carlos Quiroga; Writing by Eduardo Garcia)