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Newmont's Peru ambitions take another knock as water authority rejects Yanacocha expansion

Frik Els | February 08, 2013 | 9:59 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Latin America Copper Gold 

Peru's National Water Authority has rejected a permit for Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) to extend its Yanacocha gold mine, South America's largest. Gato Encerrado reports ANA found that the Yanacocha Oeste project would pollute the Rio Grande river, which supplies...

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