The Peruvian unit of Chinese firm Chinalco should start construction on its delayed $1.3-billion expansion project at the Toromocho copper mine in southern Peru by the end of June, the division's executive said on Tuesday. The president of Chinalco Peru, Xudong Zhang, said that he expects the Peruvian government to approve the necessary paperwork in the next 30 days for the project in the Andean region of Junin, which began operations a decade ago. "We hope to get the permit and start building the project before the end of June by the latest," the executive told reporters after a conference by the ... (full story)