Peru's Fujimori takes tough stance on Southern Copper Tia Maria project

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) gives a speech during a meeting with local leaders in San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima, Peru, May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian presidential contender Keiko Fujimori said it would take "many years" for Southern Copper Corp to regain the trust of farmers, which she said is part of the community support she considers critical to developing the company's $1.4 billion (£960 million) Tia Maria copper project.

The centre-right candidate also said she would ban mining companies that pollute the environment from operating or slap fines on them, in some of her toughest comments yet for the key sector in the Andean country.