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S Copper to move ahead with Toquepala expansion

Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:36pm EDT

LIMA, June 18 (Reuters) - Southern Copper PCU.N will move ahead with an expansion project of its Peruvian mine Toquepala, reversing an earlier decision to put it on hold, the company's chief executive said on Thursday.

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Construction work would start in the middle of 2010, Oscar Gonzalez told reporters. (Reporting by Teresa Cespedes and Dana Ford; Editing by Bernard Orr)

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