MMG says production at Las Bambas copper mine in Peru hit by road blockades

Metallic Minerals

22/12/2020 13:37

By Marco Aquino
    LIMA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Las Bambas copper mine in Peru,
controlled by China's MMG  MMG.V , said on Tuesday it is
"progressively" reducing production due to local residents
blocking a road in protest.
    The mine, which supplies around 2 percent of global
production of the red metal, said in a statement that since
December 12 community members, who have long complained about a
lack of benefits for locals flowing from the mine, had been
blocking mining trucks from using a road in Velille district,
Cusco region, 200 kilometers from the mine.

 (Reporting by Marco Aquino, writing by Aislinn Laing, Editing
by Chizu Nomiyama)
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