Mining Digital May 2022 | Page 115

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COVID-19 impacted Peru ’ s copper mining sector hard , with production declining around 13 % to 2,137.6Kt , but there are signs of a rebound this year , with volumes totalling 199,255 tonnes in January , 12.7 % up year-on-year . Southern Copper Corp is reportedly close to finalising a deal with a group of communities to lift a protest that led to the suspension of its Cuajone mine . miningdigital . com 115