MMG’s subsidiary in Peru rejects blockade at Las Bambas, asks for dialogue
Since early February, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has been blocking a national highway called Corredor Minero del Sur.
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Russia is stocking up on gold as Putin ditches U.S. dollars
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Chile’s Codelco copper output drops in 2018, profits plunge
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Maverix to buy most of the silver from Ascendant’s Honduran mine
The Vancouver-based company will make an advance payment of $7.5 million for the right to purchase 22.5% of the silver produced from El Mochito mine.