Commodities
Hudbay Shuts Mill at Constancia Mine Because of Peru Protests
Protesters clash with riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 21.
Photographer: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty ImagesHudbay Minerals Inc. said it was shutting operations at a mill at its Constancia mine site in Peru because of ongoing political protests.
“Hudbay intends to utilize the downtime to perform preventative mill maintenance and potentially advance some of the planned maintenance from later this year,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.