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Glencore’s Australia Copper Refinery Faces Strike Over Failed Pay Negotiations\nStrike Looms at Glencore’s North Queensland Copper Refinery
\nBackground of the Dispute<\/p>\n
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Posted on March 11, 2026<\/p>\n
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Glencore’s Australia Copper Refinery Faces Strike Over Failed Pay Negotiations
\nStrike Looms at Glencore’s North Queensland Copper Refinery
\nBackground of the Dispute<\/p>\n
March 11 (Reuters) – Workers at Glencore’s copper refinery in North Queensland plan to go on a strike after nearly a year of failed negotiations over pay and working conditions, the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Planned Industrial Action<\/p>\n
The union said workers at the Townsville refinery plan would walk off the job on Friday if their concerns are not resolved at a bargaining meeting scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n
Key Issues in Negotiations<\/p>\n
Glencore has refused to offer workers a “decent” wage increase that keeps pace with the rising cost of living, after talks with the London-listed miner began in late March last year, the AWU added.<\/p>\n
Glencore’s Operations in Australia<\/p>\n
In Australia, the miner produces zinc, copper, silver and other minerals across 20 active mining operations and employs about 17,000 people, according to its website.<\/p>\n
Company Response<\/p>\n
Glencore did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.<\/p>\n
Reporting Credits<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Editing by Sumana Nandy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editorial & Advertiser disclosure Global Banking & Finance Review\u00ae is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[123],"tags":[15688,132,17972,17974,17973,17975],"class_list":["post-29545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glencore","tag-australian-workers-union","tag-glencore","tag-glencore-australia","tag-pay-negotiations","tag-refinery-strike","tag-townsville-copper-refinery"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116208752576734139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}