Tag: Colquiri

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 05:38 UTC

  Bolivia’s Morales nationalizes zinc and tin mines licensed to Swiss group

  

  Bolivia announced on Sunday the nationalization of the mining company Colquiri to the west of the country and which belongs to the Swiss group Glencore. The announcement by Minister of the Presidency, Juan Ramon Quintana, followed a meeting with the mining unions and the villages from Colquiri region.