Criminals’ attempt to kidnap Peruvian miners quashed
The Pataz Unified Command, whose members hail from the National Armed Forces and the National Police, detained three men in their mid-to-late twenties, who attempted to kidnap a group of miners in the La Libertad region, northwestern Peru.
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Glencore to sell 23% stake in Peruvian miner Volcan
Mining News Pro - Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) has kicked off a sale process for its 23% stake in Peruvian zinc and silver miner Volcan.
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Peruvian Indigenous community wants to become a shareholder in Las Bambas
Mining News Pro - The blockades, which were later joined by another four communities, lasted for over 50 days and forced the Chinese miner to halt activities at its flagship operation.
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Copper mining has a new champion in veteran Peruvian economist
Mining News Pro - Put the cautious optimism on display at Peru’s top mining event down to three main factors: easing pandemic restrictions, copper’s bright longer term outlook and a diminutive sexagenarian economist.
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Peruvian Institute of Economy reports decrease in mining private investments
Mining News Pro - A recent report by the Peruvian Institute of Economy states that the country’s mining sector has seen a ‘concerning’ decrease in private investments.
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Peruvian government to extend tax refund benefit to mining
Mining News Pro - During his intervention at the 2022 PDAC conference in Toronto, the Peruvian minister of economy and finance, Óscar Graham, announced that his government will extend to 2025 the tax refund benefit to mining and oil exploration, which was scheduled to end in December 2022.
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Communities protesting against Las Bambas set up new conditions to negotiate with Peruvian government
Mining News Pro - The farming communities that have been blockading MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine in Peru since April 14, 2022, say they won’t meet with the Presidency of the Ministers’ Council (PCM) to discuss an end to their protest unless the Executive complies with a series of conditions.
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Peruvian government to find solutions to conflict with communities around Cuajone mine
Mining News Pro - Southern Copper and the government of Peru have launched a dialogue process to address the ongoing conflict between the Tumilaca-Pocata-Coscore-Tala farming communities and the Cuajone copper mine.
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Peruvian government to negotiate with communities opposing Glencore’s copper project
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Ministry of Environment and the southern Espinar province set up a dialogue process with the goal of finding solutions to the social and environmental problems people say mining operations are causing in the area.
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Peruvian community blocks key highway in protest against Glencore mine
Mining News Pro - An indigenous community in Peru’s Espinar province has blocked a key mining road, a local leader told Reuters on Wednesday, in protest against the government and Glencore’s Antapaccay copper mine.
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Southern Copper to invest $8bn in Peruvian projects
Mining News Pro - Peru’s La República newspaper reports that during the V Southern Mining Framework International Congress, Southern Copper announced that it will invest $8 billion in its different projects in the country, including Tía María.
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Mine ponds cause toxic mercury pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Mining News Pro - A recent study by researchers in Peru and the US found that, in the past 35 years, there has been a 670% increase in the extent of pits and ponds created by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Peruvian metal exports recover in June
Mining News Pro - Peru’s gold exports grew by 86%, copper exports by 31% and zinc exports by 136% in June when compared to the previous month, new data released by the Ministry of Energy and Mines show.
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Six workers at Fortuna Silver Mines’ Peruvian operation test positive for covid-19
Mining News Pro - Six workers at Fortuna Silver Mines’ Caylloma operation in southern Peru tested positive for covid-19 and have been isolated in a special area while being monitored by medical personnel.
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Peruvian government creates special group to support exploration projects
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Minister of Economy and Finance, María Antonieta Alva, said that her office has created a ‘special follow-up team,’ whose members will be in charge of supporting mining projects.
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Peruvian Metals achieves record production
Mining News Pro - Peruvian Metals announced that its Águila Norte processing plant in northern Peru achieved record throughput for 2019 by processing 18,510 tonnes, resulting in a 380% increase in production compared to 2018.
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Peruvian authorities urge people to stop blockading road used by Las Bambas
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Deputy Minister of Territorial Governance Raúl Molina Martínez urged people in the southwestern Chumbivilcas province to stop blockading the Southern Runway (Corredor Vial Sur) and to return to the dialogue table so that their demands can be resolved within the country’s legal framework.
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Peruvian government wants to secure $21B in mining investments
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Francisco Ísmodes, said that the Martín Vizcarra government wants to secure $21 billion in mining investments before the end of its term in 2023.
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Copper exports resume from Peruvian port of Matarani
Mining News Pro - Copper exports from the port of Matarani have resumed after anti-mining protests that had blocked key infrastructure in the country’s southern copper belt eased over the weekend, a spokeswoman for the port operator said on Tuesday.
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Peruvian authorities search for solutions to blockade affecting shipments from Las Bambas copper mine
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Francisco Ísmodes, and the Vice-Minister of Territorial Governance, Raúl Molina, held a meeting this weekend with the Cusco Regional Governor, Jean Paul Benavente, where they addressed the situation regarding a blockade affecting Las Bambas copper mine.
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Peruvian president says fight against illegal mining in the Amazon is ongoing
Mining News Pro - Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra shared a video on his social media channels where he announces that authorities are going to have a permanent presence in the Amazon to guard against the development of illegal mining activities.
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The huge Peruvian investment in the new copper / investment project is estimated at $ 1.5 billion
Mining News Pro - Minsur Mining Company has borrowed $ 900 million from 16 banks for the Mina Justa copper project in the Ica region of South P
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