The MMG Las Bambas company signed an agreement with the Chumbivilcas communities to meet part of their demands, seeking greater benefits for local residents, in order to avoid future blockades in the southern mining corridor.
After a meeting in the town of Cancahuani, they agreed that the residents of the area will operate and provide services to Las Bambas with 14 copper transport trucks, 14 vans and a contract to maintain the highway. The state would help finance capital to set up the companies, Reuters reported.
It should be noted that the previous offer included 12 trucks and a minor road maintenance contract.
As it is recalled, the residents of the Chumbivilcas communities kept the mining corridor blocked for more than a month, as a protest measure against their claims for not benefiting economically from the mining operations in the area, and for the environmental damage caused.
Although it is necessary to mention that the conflict has been dragging on since 2016, the year the Las Bambas mine began operating.
Residents have intermittently blocked the Las Bambas road for more than 400 days since the mine began operations in 2016, most recently forcing the mine to suspend operations in December for several weeks.
The international agency also reported that the leaders of two communities left Wednesday’s meeting dissatisfied with the proposal and it is not ruled out that they may seek to block the road in the coming days.
Source: Reuters
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