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Peruvians ask Washington-based human rights commission to halt Newmont’s Conga project

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 13, 2013 | 5:01 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold 

Farmers and indigenous people from northern Peru will travel to Washington next week to ask the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for help with forcing the Peruvian government to halt Newmont Mining’s (NYSE: NEM) $4.8 billion gold-copper Conga project...

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