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At least 16 people were killed in southeastern Peru when the bus they were traveling on lost control and crashed 200 meters into an escarpment. The vehicle, which was traveling on the Cotabambas-Cusco mountain road, was carrying a group of workers from the Las Bambas copper mine, according to the local broadcaster. Rpp News.
Las Bambas is one of the largest mines in Peru. The Sino-Australian multinational Mmg extracts up to 400,000 tons of copper per year from the site. The cause of the accident has not yet been clarified.