LIMA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The huge Chinese-owned Las
Bambas copper mine in Peru is set to halt production on
Wednesday as road blockades preventing the arrival of key inputs
to the site have not yet been lifted, a source close to the mine
told Reuters.
China's MMG Ltd said on Monday that the mine,
which at normal times provides some 2% of global copper supply,
would halt production of the red metal by Feb. 1 unless protests
eased, potentially impacting already tight global supply.
The Andean nation, the world's second-largest copper
producer, has been hit by social unrest since early December,
with key mines hit by road blockades and attacks by protesters.
(Reporting by Alexander Villegas; Writing by Adam Jourdan)
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