Hochschild Mining Says 27 Workers Killed in Peru Bus Accident

Hochschild Mining Says 27 Workers Killed in Peru Bus Accident
Peru police officers in a file photo. Diego Vertiz via AP Photo
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LONDON—Hochschild Mining said on Friday that 27 workers were killed while 13 more injured in a road accident in Peru involving a bus operated by one of the precious metals miner’s contractors.

The bus was transporting workers from Hochschild’s Pallancata operation to the city of Arequipa in the south of Peru, the London-listed miner said. Thirteen more were injured in the incident.