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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Luis Jaime Acosta

Operations at Zijin Colombia mine partially halted after attacks

FILE PHOTO: Mineral material extracted from an illegal gold mine is seen inside an underground room where the material is processed, in Buritica, Colombia April 20, 2021. Picture taken April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Some 60% of operations at Zijin Mining's Colombia gold mine have been halted because of recent attacks against workers, allegedly carried out by illegal miners allied with a major crime gang, the company said on Friday.

The mine, a top producer of gold in the Andean country, has suffered two attacks over the last two weeks. The incidents killed two and injured 15.

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