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 […]
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Las Bambas: community members unlock the Southern Mining Corridor for 30 days
The Urinsaya Quechua community in Espinar, Cusco, granted a 30-day truce to the Executive, as well as to the mining company MMG Las Bambas and freed the Southern Mining Corridor, reported journalist José Víctor Salcedo. Within this period, the company and the Government will evaluate the demand of the community to be considered as area […]
Las Bambas: they create a working group to meet the demands of communities in the Mining Corridor
The Executive created a temporary working group to propose actions to meet the main demands of the Sayhua, Tahuay, Ccapacmarca and Huascabamba Peasant Communities linked to the South Road Corridor in the district of Ccapacmarca, province of Chumbivilcas, in Cusco. Through the Resolution of the Social Management and Dialogue Secretariat No. 003-2022-PCM/SGSD published today in […]
Las Bambas: mining company does not send copper to the port of Matarani since March 1
Due to the blockade carried out by protesters from the community of Urinsaya in the Cusco province of Espinar, the mining company MMG Las Bambas has not sent copper to the port of Matarani in Arequipa, according to the Bloomberg agency. However, the source cited by the agency explained that copper production remains at normal […]
Las Bambas announces the resumption of its operations
MMG Limitedthe parent company of La Bambas, announced the resumption of its production after the 45-day truce reached with the community of Ccapacmarca, thanks to the intermediation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM). Through an operations report presented to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where it is listed, the Chinese company welcomed […]
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, […]
Las Bambas workers fear layoffs
After the day before MMG Las Bambas announced that as of February 20 it could again paralyze its operations due to the blockade carried out by community members of Ccapacmarcathe workers’ union of the Chinese-owned company expressed its concern about the labor situation inside the mine. Union leader Erick Ramos explained that, during the first […]
Electricity demand falls again in Las Bambas as a result of new blockades
Mining activity in the copper mine The Bambasoperated by MMG Limited, began to fall sharply after protesters blocked a key access road late last month. According to the Reuters report, electricity demand data from the mine shows that activity has already started to plummet on February 2. A company source confirmed that this was due […]
Las Bambas would lose more than US$ 400 million in the event of a second stoppage, according to SNMPE
This February 7, the Chinese company MMG reported on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the Las Bambas mine could again suspend its operations, on February 20, if the blockade in Ccapacmarca is not lifted. In this context, the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy (SNMPE) warned that a second strike at Las Bambas […]
Las Bambas would suspend operations again on February 20 if blockade continues
The Chinese company MMG reported on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the Las Bambas mine could again suspend its operations on February 20 if the blockade is not lifted in Ccapacmarca. According to the document, the community of Ccapacmarca, located in the province of Chumbivilcas, has established a new blockade that involves approximately 100 […]