"Indigenous groups in Peru protest Glencore's Antapaccay mine", 01 April 2025

...Members of Indigenous communities blocked access to Glencore's Antapaccay copper mine in Peru's Cusco region to protest an expansion plan at the site, a local community leader said on Monday. Local residents in the Espinar province, within the Cusco region, on Sunday began blocking roads and calling for a meeting with government mining officials over fears of environmental damage from the expansion plan, community leader Flavio Huanque said in an interview. He said the protesters represented ten different communities.

A source close to the company confirmed that protests had blocked access to mine vehicles. Glencore said...it was open to dialogue with each of the communities."We express our concern regarding the recent blockade of certain public highways by small groups of protesters from a number of communities in the province of Espinar," the company said in a statement."We respect communities' right to express their concerns in a legitimate manner and not in a way that poses a risk to themselves or others."

The mine has faced protests by local Indigenous groups over environmental concerns in past years as well...