Xstrata Nickel has announced that the company’s Sudbury operation has reached a tentative agreement for a new Collective Agreement with CAW-Local 598, which represents Xstrata Nickel’s Sudbury production and maintenance employees. The prior agreement expired on 31 January 2007. The union’s bargaining team has unanimously recommended acceptance of the new agreement. Details of the agreement will be presented to union members and will be followed by ratification voting.