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had been forced to "announce a temporary suspension of operations due to a blockade by truck drivers protesting a loss of contracts at the country’s biggest gold deposit."
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is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico. It is located in north-eastern corner of the
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A week-long protest disrupted operations at the Peñasquito mine during the first week of
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operation which began operations in March 2010, but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of
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country rock and intrusions. The rock surrounding the diatremes contain disseminated
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that year. Estimated reserves for the Peñasquito Mine are 17.82 million oz of
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porphyries, and other feldspar-phyric intrusives in the late
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