Opposition to the Tia Maria project in southern Peru is now in its sixth year. The project which is owned by Southern Copper Corporation, part of Grupo Mexico SAB, began in 2009. Southern Copper planned to extract copper from 2 open pits in Islay Province, Arequipa. This area is a dry, desert region with agriculture
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