Easy on the soap: mining firms pinch pennies as downturn bites
April 20, 2016 at 19:00 PM EDT
SYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - From trimming menus in staff canteens to cutting back on soap and washing detergent at worker camps, the global mining industry that once lavished perks on employees is scrimping like never before as a brutal downturn engulfs minerals markets.