Grupo México, the world’s third largest copper producersaid it would maintain its current US$5bn Mexico investment programme for 2013 and 2014, but would reconsider after that. “We will be obliged to redirect our future investment programme of US$3.5bn for the coming years, which is primarily allocated to Mexico, and analyse opportunities in countries where investment conditions are more favourable, such as the US, Canada, Peru or Chile,” the company said in a statement.