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Peru Copper Transport Disrupted as Protesters Block Roads

MMG's Las Bambas copper mine in the Cotabambas province, Apurimac department, Peru, in September 2024. — MMG's Las Bambas copper mine in the Cotabambas province, Apurimac department, Peru, in September 2024.Photographer: Alessandro Cinque/Bloomberg

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By James Attwood

July 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM UTC

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July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM UTC

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Roadblocks by informal miners in Peru are disrupting transport of copper from large mines, including those owned by MMG Ltd. and Hudbay Minerals Inc., in the latest threat to global metal supplies.