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Peru police carry out second day of evictions at halted Las Bambas mine

Members of indigenous communities camp on the property of Chinese-owned Las Bambas copper mine, in Las Bambas, Peru April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

Peruvian police on Thursday are carrying out a second day of evictions at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, seeking to remove a remaining indigenous community that had camped inside company property in a protest, a community adviser told Reuters.

The action at the Chinese-owned Las Bambas, which supplies 2% of the world's copper, follows an eviction on Wednesday of a separate community that had also camped inside the mine, settling near its massive open pit.

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