Peru to reevaluate environmental laws over La Oroya smelter
Peru’s environment ministry has proposed modifying laws restricting sulfur dioxide emissions to…
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Chinese miners evaluating pending bid for Peru’s La Oroya smelter
Peru’s government will likely ease sulfur dioxide emissions limits to attract investors to an auction…
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Peru changes bankruptcy law in bid to save historic La Oroya smelter
Peru’s Congress has passed a bill that would extend the terms of liquidation for bankrupt companies…
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Peru: Kuczynski calls for protest to save mining company
President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has called for mineworkers at Doe Run’s smelter in La Oroya,…
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Peru reaches deal with mineworkers to reopen La Oroya smelter
Peru’s government reached a deal with labor unions to reopen the bankrupted Doe Run’s La Cobriza…
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Peru police allowed lethal force in violent protests
Peru’s government has enacted by decree a law that allows police to use lethal force during protests…
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La Oroya: protesters suspend strike in central Peru
Mineworkers have lifted an indefinite strike in La Oroya, unblocking the Carretera Cental highway in…
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La Oroya: Peru rejects relaxing environmental standards
Peru’s government has rejected calls for an easing of environmental standards at the La Oroya smelter…
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One dead in central Peru mineworkers strike
A man was killed today in clashes between police and mineworkers demanding relaxed environmental standards…
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