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Peru’s mining industry hit by first nationwide strike in four years

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2013 | 6:22 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold Lead Silver Zinc 

Unionized workers at several Peruvian mines will down tools Thursday for 48 hours to show the government their disapproval of a decree that modifies pension payments. According to local newspaper Gestión (in Spanish), workers from Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO), Shougang and...

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