By Jean Luis Arce and Terry Wade LIMA, July 4 (Reuters) - Union support weakened for Peru's nationwide mining strike on Friday as workers at two more big mines decided to return to work, and government officials said it would likely end soon. Laborers went on strike on Monday to demand that Congress pass a bill to give them a bigger slice of corporate profits. Since the strike started, global copper prices MCU3 have risen to record highs on worries it would crimp supplies from the world's No. 2 supplier. Workers chose to end their strike at the copper-zinc mine Antamina, becoming the sixth mine or smelter to drop out of the walkout. "Saturday we will return to work," said Francisco Marinas, head of the union at Antamina, which is owned by Xstrata...
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