Xstrata Nickel has announced that the company’s Sudbury Operations has reached a tentative agreement for a new Collective Agreement with the United Steelworkers Union Local 2020, which represents Xstrata Nickel’s Sudbury office, clerical and technical employees. The prior agreement expired at midnight on 28 February 2010. The union’s bargaining team has recommended acceptance of the new agreement. Details of the agreement will be presented to union members and will be followed by ratification voting. Xstrata Nickel, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is one of Xstrata Group’s global commodity businesses.