By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - A community in the Peruvian Andes has blocked a key transport road used by MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, a sourc.
An Andean community in Peru suspended a protest and a blockade against Glencore's Antapaccay mine on Friday, after reaching an agreement to begin talks in search of a new deal between the mine and residents, a community leader said.
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -An indigenous community in Peru s Espinar province that blocked a key mining road on Wednesday plans to continue the blockade indefinitely, a local leader said, in protest against the government and Glencore PLC s Antapaccay copper mine. The conflict comes a day after the government defused a similar standoff in nearby Chumbivilcas https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-government-says-deal-struck-head-off-road-blockade-las-bambas-mine-2021-10-05. The Antapaccay mine declined to comment. Reuters was unable to reach a government mining spokesperson for comment. The road is known in Peru as the mining corridor, and has become a lightning rod in the country, the world s second-biggest copper producer after neighboring Chile. As of Wednesday, the community had blocked the road to protest against the environmental and social impact of the mine as well as the lack of government engagement with the local populace, said Flavio Huanque, a community lead