Copper, Peru’s main export metal and a fundamental piece of the transition towards clean and renewable energies in the world, has not anticipated greater progress in the communities adjacent to the mines of the Southern Mining Corridor, nor has it accelerated the work of electrification over the area of influence, according to CooperAction. The report […]
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South mining corridor will be unlocked this week, according to Minem
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 […]
Las Bambas: Chuicuni community members lift blockade in the Southern Mining Corridor
This Friday, March 18, The Bambas and the community of Chuicuni, district of Challhuahuacho, in Apurímac, reached an agreement that lifted the blockade of the southern mining corridor and the accesses to the mine, which had started on March 14 last. As you remember, the mining company faced two demonstrations. The first in Cusco, in […]
Districts located in the Mining Corridor do not know how to spend the budgets
The districts, located in the Southern Mining Corridor, are the most inefficient in executing their works budgets. That explains the discontent of communities lacking drinking water, health services, among others. Your spending level ranges between 30% and 50%. Ccapacmarca is one of the Cusco districts of the province of Chumbivilcas, where the mining road crosses. […]
Las Bambas: Thursday’s meeting will be key to the future of the southern mining corridor
The days of truce in the southern mining corridor have not yet succeeded in restarting Las Bambas mining operations. The meeting agreed for December 30 between the community members of Chumbivilcas and the premiere will be decisive. Mirtha Vásquez confirmed that he will go to the conflict zone. In the last days, after the communities […]
Las Bambas: blockade suspended until December 30
The communities of Chumbivilcas (Cusco) announced yesterday that they will temporarily unlock the section of the mining corridor until December 30. It is worth noting that for a little over a month this route has been blocked by some residents of the area, who hope that MMG Las Bambas renegotiate with them your contractual ties […]
Dialogue to stop blockade in Las Bambas is rescheduled until further notice
For this Tuesday, December 14, a meeting was scheduled between the representatives of the Executive, eight communities of Chumbivilcas and MMG The Bambas; however, it was not developed due to factors involving each party. First, Víctor Villa, legal advisor for the province of Chumbivilcas, said on the eve of the scheduled meeting that they will […]
144 days of blockade have been completed in the Mining Corridor
On July 23, a week before the assumption of Pedro Castillo to the Presidency, and when the results of the second round were already known, the population of the peasant communities of the Cusco province of Chumbivilcas decided to resume old demands to block the road that prevents the transport of vehicles from The Bambas, […]