Covid-19 stalls work on Anglo’s $5.3bn Peru copper project

Diversified major Anglo American has withdrawn the majority of employees and contractors from its $5.3-billion Quellaveco copper project, in Peru, to comply with a 15-day national quarantine announced to curb the spread of the pandemic. The 10 000-strong construction workforce is being demobilised and work on the project will be slowed, with only critical areas of the project continuing until workers can safely return.