Despite the labor strike at Chilean copper mine Dona Ines de Collahuasi dragging on into its 25th day, the mining company will be shipping out 44,000 metric tons of copper bound for China and South Korea, a company spokeswoman said Monday.

The mine's 1,551 unionized workers went on strike on Nov. 5 after contract negotiations fell through, but the mine has been operating normally as a result of a contingency plan.

This is the third shipment Collahuasi has sent out since the strike began.

"Everything is operating normally," said Collahuasi spokeswoman Bernardita Fernandez.

The two sides are scheduled to meet later today, after the Archibishop of the city of Iquique acted as a facilitator to set up the meeting, to hopefully restart negotiations, Fernandez said.

-By Carolina Pica, Dow Jones Newswires; 56-2-715-8919; carolina.pica@dowjones.com
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