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Tia Maria Copper Mine

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The Tia Maria copper mine, a project that is being developed near Arequipa, in Peru, might currently be one of the industry’s most expensive and ambitious projects, but that didn’t stop the protesters from showing their dissatisfaction in the last years. The project has been halted since 2011, but there’s a light at the end of … Read more

Tia Maria’s massive copper project in Peru could begin production in March

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After a gap of two years, the Arizona-based mining company Southern Copper may be able to restart work at the controversial Tía María copper project near Arequipa, Peru, in January of 2014. This would allow the firm to kick-off the operation and start the production by March, the site Mining reports. The $1 billion project was halted in … Read more