UPDATE 1-Southern Copper hopes for Tia Maria permit by end 2015
June 26, 2015 at 18:59 PM EDT
LIMA, June 26 (Reuters) - Southern Copper Corp hopes to reach an agreement with angry neighbors of its planned $1.4 billion Tia Maria mine in Peru, and end deadly protests in time to begin construction of the project before the end of 2015, the company's chief executive said on Friday.