THE renegotiations over the government's contract of work with Freeport are almost concluded, and we should be relieved. Although it has not yet been signed, the American copper and gold mining giant says it is prepared to comply with the provisions of Mineral and Coal Law No. 4/2009.

After almost two years of tough negotiations, this change of position is good news. The subsidiary of Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Inc had been insisting that thei