The CEO sold out for Evo Morales took away the mining lease of Cerro Rico for Franklin Mining. I still have my shares - didn't sell any - was into it only for the children miners, mission to get it better for the child miners ....
CDE invested 100s of $million and created a treatment plant for the Cerro Rico waste piles which have poluted the enviro for the Potosi People - for 1000yrs -
I hope Evo Morales & Chavez 666 bolshevikz - ussr khazars bolshevikz commissars copycatz don't taking away the Potosi operation for CDE - - -
As the protest leaders ordered demonstrators to lift roadblocks and reopen the mines, it was still unclear how much the strike affected the Potosi region, which exported $880 million -- almost exclusively minerals -- in the first half of 2010.
Sumitomo (8053.T) said its silver-zinc-lead San Cristobal mine had resumed operations hours before the protest had officially ended. It had been forced to stop processing ore after some demonstrators threatened to cut energy supply to the operation.
Coeur D'Alene's (CDE.N) San Bartolome mine, the world's largest pure silver mine, was shut after workers joined the protests, which blockaded the city of Potosi. A spokesman for San Bartolome was not immediately available for an update on operations.
The combined output of the two mines accounts for about 83 percent of the nearly 1.1 million kilograms of fine silver Bolivia produced in 2009, according to mining ministry data.
Glencore's smaller Porco mine, which produces silver and zinc, was also shut down because of the protests. The company was not immediately available for comment.
The government and protesters reached agreements on a border dispute between the Potosi and Oururo regions, on the construction of an airport and cement factory and the re-opening of a metals plant.
The government said earlier on Monday that the deals simply reaffirmed processes that are already in place and called the strikes "unnecessary".
Celebrating protesters burnt an effigy of Morales, reflecting a mood in sharp contrast to the strong support Morales enjoyed in Potosi when he was reelected just eight months ago.
The 19-day protest was the longest Morales has faced so far in his presidency. (Reporting by Carlos Quiroga, writing by Kristina Cooke and Alonso Soto. Editing by Simon Gardner)
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