MMG Las Bambas would suspend operations this Saturday, December 18, if the conflict is not resolved

The Chinese company MMG reported on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange about the stoppage of activities in Las Bambas from of this Saturday, December 18, if the blockades of the Southern Mining Corridor persist by local communities.

The corporation’s pronouncement comes almost two weeks after it first announced the possible cessation of its activities for mid-December.

“The company continues to call for the immediate removal of illegal blockades to facilitate a transparent, open and constructive dialogue,” MMG said in a statement.

He pointed out that the dialogue with the Chumbivilcas communities was unsuccessful and a solution was not reached to lift the blockades, which led to the depletion of supplies from the mine.

Along these lines, the miner explained that production as of December 18 is estimated at 290,000 tons of copper in concentrate, and the stockpiles at the site are around 60,770 tons of copper in concentrate.

Government seeks to achieve a minimum agreement

The president of the Council of Minister, Mirtha Vásquez, announced this afternoon that the Executive seeks to achieve a minimum agreement in Las Bambas during the next few days.

“We would hope that in the next few days we will reach a minimum agreement because this is damaging not only business activity, we are very concerned and want to express it, the situation of the workers who are inside the mine,” said Vásquez during the conference of press of the Council of Ministers.

The prime minister also pointed out that the Executive maintains a constant dialogue with both parties involved in the mining conflict.

“Until yesterday we have been accompanying the community, today there has also been a meeting with the mining company in the Dialogue Office, in addition to that the Ministry of the Interior has sent the vice minister of public order to talk with the communities, ”he added.