EXCLUSIVE-Miners MMG, Hudbay warn Peru production at risk amid wildcat protests - sources
By Marco Aquino
LIMA, July 11 (Reuters) - MMG and Hudbay Minerals executives met with Peru's cabinet chief Eduardo Arana on Thursday to warn that production at their copper mines could be affected if a two-week protest by informal miners along a major transit route continues, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Chinese firm MMG's Las Bambas and Canadian Hudbay's Constancia, in the Cusco region, are among Peru's top ten copper producers. The companies did not immediately reply to requests for comment. A person familiar with Las Bambas said the site's production remained normal for now.
Arana's office in a statement on Thursday evening said he met with mining representatives, including from Hudbay and MMG, and emphasized the government's commitment to enabling dialogue between companies and communities.
The statement did not provide further details about the protests, or address their potential impact on copper output.
Peru is the world's third-largest copper producer, and exports most of the metal to China.
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