The head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Mienm), oscar verareported that the southern mining corridor will be unblocked in the coming days. “The information we have is that it will practically be free in the next few days, if not, this week, and the transfer of minerals from Las Bambas, which has been […]
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State negligence explains the current scenario of social conflicts in the mining sector
The current scenario of social unrest, mainly in the south of the country, It is explained by the state’s absence to timely meet the demands of the populationthe little communication or lack of transparency related to extractive activities and the expectations of citizens for a change in the extractivist development model that only benefits large […]
Las Bambas and the Chuicuni community reach an agreement
The demonstrations in Cuajone, a Southern Peru company, will continue despite the fact that on Friday the start of a dialogue table was achieved, after a meeting of the high-level commission, led by the Minister of Energy and Mines, Carlos Palacios, the firm and representatives of the peasant community of Tumilaca, Pocata, Coscore and Tala, […]
Las Bambas: Regional Government of Apurímac asks to declare the mining corridor an emergency
The Regional Government of Apurímac requested the emergency in the Apurímac-Cusco-Arequipa road corridor or mining corridorin response to the announcement of the suspension of operations of the mining company MMG Las Bambas as of February 20 due to the blockade of said road, in the section of the Cuzco province of Chumbivilcas. In a pronouncement, […]
Southern mining corridor: five communities are unaware of signed agreements and demand a new dialogue
This Thursday, five communities of Ccapacmarca (district within Chumbivilcas, in Cusco) agreed to ignore the agreements established on December 30, 2021 between the Government, MMG Las Bambas and the communities that blocked a section of the southern mining corridor pending contractual improvements. In detail, these communities unanimously approved to summon President Pedro Castillo, Prime Minister […]
Las Bambas: mining company extends its offer to Chumbivilcas to end the blockade in the corridor
MMG Las Bambas expanded its offer to Chumbivilcas (Cusco) in order to lift the blockade of the mining corridor that has been carried out since last November 20 by residents of this area in search of better salary contracts. In this regard, it was learned that the copper company proposed for the Chumbivilcas communities a […]
Antamina suspends operations due to strike in mining corridor
The mining company Antamina announced the suspension of its operations, in the midst of the indefinite strike that a group of the peasant community of Aquia abide by, a district located in the province of Bolognesi, in Áncash, which has implied that one of the routes of the mining corridor is taken. In a statement […]