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Peru's Antamina copper and zinc mine, which is part-owned by Glencore and BHP Billiton , said on Tuesday that protesters had blocked a road it uses, demanding that the company honor its commitments to the local area.
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan on Friday banned foreign companies from future large mining projects, although existing licences are unaffected, in the first major order by its new president. The economy of the Central Asian nation relies heavily on gold mining, particularly after two other sources of wealth - trade with neighbouring China and remittances from migrant labourers working in Russia - were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who was inaugurated on Thursday, signed the order which only allows the development of “subsoil...