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MMG Limited
Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of China Minmetals (state-owned). Operates Las Bambas (Peru), the world's third-largest copper mine, producing ~380-400kt/yr. China Minmetals owns ~74%.
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Las Bambas →
PEApurímac Region · mine
World's third-largest copper mine (~380-400kt copper concentrate/yr, ~2% of global supply). Operated by MMG (62.5% China Minmetals JV). Production must travel 325km by road through 37 communities to reach coast — the road is a documented chokepoint with 600+ days of disruptions since 2016.
Las Bambas Copper Mine →
PEApurímac Region, Peru · mine
MMG Limited (Chinese-owned) operates; ~2% of global copper supply. Copper concentrate must transit a single unpaved road through indigenous Andean communities. Has been blockaded 600+ days since 2021 due to land rights disputes, repeatedly disrupting global copper markets.
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Las Bambas Copper Mine (Peru)
70%Zinc and Other Metals
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Did you know2023
Las Bambas copper mine in Peru's Apurimac region — operated by MMG Limited, controlled by China Minmetals (Chinese state) — has been blocked and disrupted more than 40 times by protests from local Quechua indigenous communities since it began operations in 2016. The conflicts center on road use (mining trucks damage community roads), land compensation, water contamination concerns, and inadequate benefit-sharing from a mine that produces copper worth billions of dollars per year in a region with extreme poverty. In 2022-2023, protests blocked the mine's primary access road for months at a time, reducing annual production by over 100,000 tonnes and contributing to global copper price volatility. The Las Bambas situation illustrates a structural tension: a Chinese state enterprise owns ~75% of a mine on indigenous Peruvian land, selling copper primarily to Chinese buyers, with economic benefits not perceived as adequately reaching the local community. The same copper used in EV motors and renewable energy infrastructure is subject to repeated supply disruptions from social conflict at its point of origin.
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