LIMA (Reuters) – Indigenous groups in Peru stopped blocking access to Glencore’s Antapaccay copper mine in Peru, after closing an agreement with government officials, a local community leader said on Monday. The agreement, which ended the blockade that lasted over a week, set a timetable to carry out a “prior consultation process” and define a […]
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Indigenous groups in Peru suspend blockade of Glencore copper mine
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LIMA (Reuters) – Indigenous groups in Peru stopped blocking access to Glencore’s Antapaccay copper mine in Peru, after closing an agreement with government officials, a local community leader said on Monday.
The agreement, which ended the blockade that lasted over a week, set a timetable to carry out a “prior consultation process” and define a reparations plan for local residents, community leader Flavio Huanque told Reuters.
Representatives of Glencore’s Antapaccay firm in Lima were not immediately available for comment on the issue.
Local resident began blocking roads near the Antapaccay mine, located in Espinar province within Peru’s Cusco region, on March 30 over fears of environmental damage from an expansion plan at the site.
Glencore representatives said on Friday that the protest had not affected production, and added that the company was open to dialogue with each of the communities.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Tom Hogue and Christian Schmollinger)