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New mining law passed in Mexico

Mexico’s Morena ruling party has approved a fast-tracked new mining law in the Senate with little opposition when legislators convened in a different location after the opposition tried to prevent the session in the chamber.

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Mexico's president Andres Lopez

With the passing of a mining bill, president Andres Manuel Lopex Obrador (AMLO) successfully reduced the term of mining concessions from 100 years to 80, made water permits more challenging to obtain,