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Protest as State shuts old copper mine

An excavator at Macalder Copper Mine in Nyatike on Monday. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

The Government has closed an old copper mine at Macalder in Nyatike, sparking protests from local miners.

Mining and Petroleum  Principal Secretary John Omenge ordered the mine closed when he made an impromptu visit to the site on Monday.

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