Trump advisers urge ending environmental reviews for mines receiving US funds
Proposed US critical minerals projects have been in regulatory review for more than a decade.
Southern Copper, one of the world’s largest producers of the metal, has postponed its $1 billion Tia Maria mining project in Peru because of social conflicts, Chief Executive Oscar Gonzalez said on Tuesday.
The company (SCCO.N: Quote) will revise the project’s viability later this month and consider alternative sites in Argentina and Ecuador in the meantime, Gonzalez told local television.