South American mining sector to continue as resource-based economy

He adds that threats such as increased taxation on the mining sector, as is already being seen in Chile, Peru and Bolivia, may be detrimental to competitiveness, along with opposition to mining activities owing to environmental pollution or uneven wealth distribution of costs and profits.
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