Volcan Strike Ends

Workers at Volcan Compañia Minera, Peru’s biggest zinc and lead miner, ended an eight-day strike Friday after the company granted each a one-time $300 bonus. About 2,200 workers returned to work at the Cerro de Pasco and Yauli mines in the central Andes after beginning a strike to demand 8 percent of the company’s 2004 earnings. The two mines affected by the strike, which account for three quarters of Volcan’s output, were operating at 50 percent capacity during the strike.