Residents of Andean communities in Peru have blocked a key road to MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine for the past week, forcing the Chinese-owned company to use an alternate route, the country’s ombudsman’s office said on Monday.
The residents say the road passes through their lands and want the company to pay them for using it, said Artemio Solar, the head of the ombudsman’s office in the region of Apurimac where the mine is located.
