Doe Run miners block central highway to protest temporary 90-day layoff

Doe Run announced Monday it has postponed “for a few days” the temporary lay-off of some 3,500 workers, as it seeks solutions to its financial situation. However, approximately 3,000 miners had already begun to block the Central Highway at La Oroya early Monday, in the central Peruvian highlands, as part of an indefinite strike to [...]

Suppliers: Doe Run Peru bailout at acute risk

Doe Run Peru — an affiliate of the Renco Group which operates La Oroya’s poly-metallic smelter — has put its financial bailout package at risk suppliers said on Tuesday, claiming that the mining company has failed to meet terms agreed to last April. In early April, ending weeks of speculation of a government bailout, fifteen [...]