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Southern Copper's $1.2bn Toquepala mine expansion OK’d

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2015 | 6:41 am Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold Silver 

[caption id="attachment_822630" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Toquepala is the world’s fifth biggest copper mine. (Image courtesy of Southern Copper)[/caption] Peru has approved Southern Copper's (NYSE:SCCO) $1.2 billion expansion of its Toquepala open-pit mine in southern Tacna, which would allow the miner double the...

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