Peru to possibly give Doe Run more time for La Oroya cleanup, workers lift strike for 30 days

The La Oroya smelter workers decided late Wednesday to lift their strike, giving the government and Doe Run 30 days to offer them acceptable solutions. Police and workers joined forces late into the night to clear rocks from the highway and roads around the smelter town. The strikers had blocked all traffic to and from [...]

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 [...]

Doe Run Peru halts operations, government considers $75 million bailout

Doe Run Peru, which halted 95 percent of its operations at the La Oroya poly-metallic smelter after a consortium of banks led by PNP Paribas cut its credit lines, is hoping that the Peru government will agree to a $75 million bailout. An affiliate of the Renco Group, Doe Run issued a statement last Wednesday, [...]