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MMG to halt Peru operations this week as community protests hit transport

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Australia-based miner MMG said on Monday it would stop operations at its copper mine at Las Bambas in Peru this week, as community protests in a nearby province has upended transport. The announcement comes days after a bus in the Peruvian Andes transporting contract workers at the copper mine plunged off a cliff, killing 16 people and injuring two.
 
 
 
 
 

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