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Ecuador’s largest copper mine curbs operations amid protests
Ecuador’s only large-scale copper mine is curbing operations as a precautionary measure while protests against an end to government fuel subsidies continue across the country. Operations will return to normal as soon as the situation settles nationally, owner...
Australia says advancing talks with U.S. on rare earths mines
Australia is advancing separate talks with the U.S., Japan and South Korea over the development of local rare earths mining projects in an effort to bolster production outside China, which dominates the output of the materials. Rare earths, a group of 17 elements...
Drummond’s union leader attacked by gunmen in Colombia
Ricardo Rojas, the vice president of the union that operates at Drummond’s coal mine in Colombia, survived a gun attack perpetrated against him by two unknown men. The incident took place on Saturday when Rojas was going to the community of Los Arrayanes from the...
Peruvian authorities urge people to stop blockading road used by Las Bambas
Peru’s Deputy Minister of Territorial Governance Raúl Molina Martínez urged people in the southwestern Chumbivilcas province to stop blockading the Southern Runway (Corredor Vial Sur) and to return to the dialogue table so that their demands can be resolved within the...