Following an attack on Friday, Glencore announced that it has halted operations at its Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru.
that set on fire a worker housing area, Glencore announced that it has halted operations at the Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru., the company said that yesterday’s incidents endangered the safety of its employees and, therefore, authorities should start taking action to safeguard people’s integrity and private property rights.
“The emergency and security teams are working to guarantee the safety of the employees that remain in the operation, as well as to extinguish the fires. So far no injuries have been reported,” the press release states. Given the number of attacks that have taken place in the first half of January, which also include roadblocks, the mine halted the shipping of copper concentrate. MMG’s Las Bambas, which shares with Antapaccay the same highway access to ports, followed suit.
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