Peru mining protests risk blocking $53 billion investment

  • Peru, the world’s second-largest copper producer, risks losing out on billions of dollars of mining investment if the government fails to defuse protests including the one that has halted production at the huge Las Bambas copper deposit.
  • Global prices are soaring on high demand but protests are threatening mining investments of $53 billion and could stall future projects expected by investment bank RBC.

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