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Violent protests halt $4.8 bn Peru mining project [1]

Days of increasingly violent environmental protests forced the suspension Tuesday of a $4.8-billion gold mining project in northern Peru operated by US mining giant Newmont, the mine said.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
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Environment [3], Mining [4], Peru [5], Gold [6], Water Supply [7], Health [8]
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