One more truce. Yesterday at noon, the community of Collana (Cusco) announced that they will also momentarily lift the blockade that has been implemented for about a month on their section of the southern mining corridor.
With that, This crucial path for the operations of MMG Las Bambas will be cleared, pending the meeting scheduled for December 30 that the communities in the area will hold. the premier Mirtha Vásquez and the mining company that produces 2% of the world’s copper in Huininquiri.
About, Daniel Colque, president of the Collana community, told La República that they will suspend the obstruction as did eight other Chumbivilcas communities on December 22, but if agreements related to the environmental responsibility of the mining company are not reached, they will organize a more forceful measure .
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“We clearly have the environmental issue on the agenda, we are not seeing how many tracts we are going to fix or what money we are going to fix. We are going, with precision, to the environmental issue. If part of the State or the mine (MMG Las Bambas) does not take this, very well, on 2 or 3 (January) we are closing (the section) again, “said the community leader.
Likewise, Colque said that they await the criteria of the socio-environmental negotiations that were announced, since the mining activity has seriously affected their daily activities with the inexhaustible dust after the thunderous passage of encapsulated vehicles.
MMG avoids pronouncing
Simultaneously, the decision made by Necklace, MMG Las Bambas issued a communiqué in which they reiterated their call for dialogue and respect for the rule of law so that the necessary conditions are met and they can resume their operations, warning that “some communities continue to keep the national highway blocked and even built huts on it.”
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In this sense, the mining company maintained that a temporary truce until December 30 does not guarantee such conditions to resume production.
The Republic contacted MMG Las Bambas to delve into the possible scenarios after the total unblocking of the southern mining corridor until before the end of the year and its destination after the meeting with the Government and the community members, but they announced that for the moment they will not declare.
They value disposition
Finally, the premier Mirtha Vasquez He welcomed that all the Chumbivilcas communities have released the section of the southern mining corridor used by MMG Las Bambas.
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“We value their willingness to dialogue and that of all actors to achieve consensus and benefits for all”, the official wrote on her Twitter account.
Cards on the table to resolve conflict
Las Bambas proposed to the eight communities –represented by the United Front for the Defense of Chumbivilcas– a fleet of 14 trucks, 12 vans and investments in projects of S / 1 million per year.
However, said front demanded that the copper company grant them 25 encapsulated cars and 25 vans, as well as road maintenance services in the sections from Saywa, Ccapac Marca district, to the community of Urinsaya, in Ccopora que Espinar, and the section of the logistics corridor between Cungunya, Ccapacmarca and Ranraccasa Yaurisque Paruro.
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From Necklace, prioritize a solution to the environmental impact of mining activity over other types of deals.
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