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Government-mediated talks at Escondida fail, strike on Thursday -union

ANTOFAGASTA (Other OTC: ANFGF - news) , Chile (Stuttgart: 704599.SG - news) , Feb 7 (Reuters) - Government-mediated talks between unionized workers and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) 's Chile-based Escondida, the world's top copper mine, have failed and workers will go on strike on Thursday, a union leader told Reuters on Tuesday. (Reporting by Fabian Cambero; Writing by Anthony Esposito & Gram Slattery; editing by Diane Craft)