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Newmont’s Conga opponents vandalize mine site, kidnap worker

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2014 | 5:20 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold 

[caption id="attachment_753712" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Protest at Conga mine, October 2013.[/caption] Newmont Mining’s (NYSE:NEM) partner in Peru, Minera Yanacocha, said about 750 protesters entered land owned by the company (in Spanish) Thursday evening, destroying a telephone tower and abducting a contract...

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