LIMA (Reuters) – Chinese miner MMG Ltd’s operations at its Las Bambas mine, one of Peru’s largest copper producers, have not been disrupted and talks with an indigenous Peruvian community are ongoing, the miner said on Wednesday.
The Fuerabamba community had imposed a new road blockade on the mine after talks with the company over compensation broke down, Americo Contreras, a representative of the public ombudsman office told Reuters on Tuesday.
The community started the blockade after the talks ended without a solution late on Monday, Contreras said by phone, citing a document from government officials who had mediated the negotiations.
“For now Yavi Yavi is blocked and the mining company has decided not to transport its minerals,” he said, referring to the area of farmland which the road passes through.
A spokeswoman for MMG in Melbourne, Australia, however, said that talks with the Nueva Fuerabamba community are continuing, with a community assembly held on Tuesday in Yavi Yavi.
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