Businessmen ask to prioritize dialogue to avoid paralysis of Las Bambas

The Union of guilds of Peru, made up of organizations such as the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), the Association of Exporters (Adex), the Chamber of Commerce of Lima (CCL) and the National Society of Industries (SNI) asked the Government and the actors involved in the conflict Southern miner prioritize dialogue to avoid the paralysis of Las Bambas, warned for this week.

According to the organization, some 8,000 Peruvian families, mostly from Apurímac and Cusco, would see their income affected, and the State would suffer the loss of the collection of taxes, canon and royalties, due to a possible pause of the copper giant.

“It is urgent that the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) and the highest authorities of the Government prioritize the dialogue to solve the blockade of the Southern Mining Corridor,” said the Union of trade unions of Peru, through a statement.

The alliance demanded, in this sense, to take immediate action to solve the main mining conflicts in the country, through dialogue and in strict respect of the rule of law.

Only the contributions of the mine represent 1% of the country’s GDP, which is why an important sector of the population of Cusco and Apurímac, the Single Union of Las Bambas Workers, the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Steel Workers and associations of businessmen and entrepreneurs of Challhuahuacho (Apurímac) also demand an immediate solution to this situation.

“We call on the entities that are in charge of managing social conflicts to act quickly and prevent further capital flight, taking into account that mining represents more than 12% of the country’s GDP, around 16% of all private investment, almost 60% of our exports and 35% of the State’s fiscal resources ”, he stated.

Finally, the union, made up of representatives from sectors of industry, commerce, exports, transport, tourism, technology, services and micro and small companies in the country, said that it is necessary to prioritize stability and trust to encourage investment in all the country.

“Peru is on the way to economic reactivation, let’s work to continue generating employment and combat poverty,” he remarked.

Las Bambas: negotiations continue

The conflicts in the Las Bambas mining corridor had their genesis in the change of the company’s plans to transport its mineral by dump trucks, instead of applying the original plan of a mine pipeline. The residents maintain that the State converted the highway that crosses Chumbivilcas into a national highway, on private communal lands and without the corresponding authorization.

The president of the Front for the Defense of the Interests of the Province of Chumbivilcas, Wilbert Fuentes, detailed to La República Sur that they will propose that a sum of S / 1 million 200,000 be considered, which will be invested in projects and in the purchase of machinery that they need for agriculture activity.