01 April 2011

BOLIVIA: San Cristobal Silver Mine Strike Continues... For 10th Day.

REUTERS/

  A 10-day strike continues at San Cristobal, the nation's largest silver mine.
   No talks are scheduled for the world's third-largest silver producer and the sixth-largest producer of zinc that is owned by Japan's Sumitomo Corp.
   Union members are demanding better working conditions, improved medical services and the firing of several company officials.