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Peru mining output grows 3.14% in October, slowest in 8 months
Peru’s mining output grew by 3.14% in October on copper, gold and zinc extraction, the government said on Friday, marking the slowest growth in the past eight months. In Peru, the world’s No. 2 copper exporter, production of the metal was up 2.1% from the same month a year ago, while gold and zinc jumped 10.0% and 10.4% respectively, said national statistics institute INEI. Mining production in Peru has been steadily recovering since road blockades, part of anti-government protests, paralyzed the nation’s largest miners at the beginning of the year. Peru slipped into a recession earlier this year, with Economy ... (full story)