Road blockades set up by community members remained around Zijin Mining's Colombia concession on Thursday, after nearly a week of protests which have hit the Chinese company's production.
The blockades were set up around the gold mine in Buritica municipality on Aug. 12 to demand a rescue mission to find informal miners allegedly trapped in a tunnel. It was not clear how many miners were presumed to be trapped or killed or what incident may have occurred in the tunnel.
Production was stopped because of the blockades, the company said earlier this week, though a Zijin spokesperson did not respond when asked on Thursday whether output remained halted.
