The district of Ccapacmarca told Reuters they will block the road to pressure Peru's judiciary to expedite the resolution of a lawsuit they filed challenging the national highway status granted to the roadway used by the mine.

The decision shows the administration is increasingly comfortable prioritizing domestic conservation efforts, even as demand for minerals used to build electric vehicles rises amid efforts to combat climate change.

Proposal to suspend Chilean mining and forestry concessions that infringe on indigenous land was approved.

Prices of copper, considered to be an economic bellwether, rose by a quarter last year and are expected to continue their positive momentum in 2022 due to the metal's central role in the energy transition.

Its an attempt to reverse a 2017 land transfer that gave PolyMet more than 6,600 acres needed to build an open pit copper and gold mine.

Minera Altos de Punitaqui is in the Coquimbo region of Chile, about 30 miles south of Teck's Andacollo copper mine.

Jetti’s copper catalyst increases run-of-mine copper yields.