Four communities in the district of Ccapacmarca, in the province of Chumbivilcas, Cusco, announced a new blockade in the corridor starting tomorrow, Thursday, January 27, as a protest measure against the activities of the Las Bambas mining company. The community members correspond to the group that refused last week to sign the memorandum of understanding […]
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Minem: Government of Spain has already entered to carve for oil spill in Ventanilla
The head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Edward Gonzalez, reported this Saturday, January 22, that the Government of Spain has already intervened in the case of the oil spill in the sea of Window, a disaster caused on January 15 and for which the Repsol company claims not to be responsible. “The […]
Spill in Ventanilla: Repsol must submit schedule for oil cleanup
the owner of the Ministry of Environment (Minam), Rubén Ramirez, reported that the Repsol company promised to deliver tomorrow a work schedule on the degraded area as a result of the oil spill in the Ventanilla Sea. “Tomorrow (Thursday) the company is going to deliver a schedule with a certain date. What matters to us […]
Closure of mines: Minem publishes project to modify the regulation
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) authorized the publication of the Draft Supreme Decree that dictates provisions for the modification of the Regulations for the Closure of Mines, approved by Supreme Decree No. 033-2005-EM, as well as its Statement of Reasons. Through Ministerial Resolution No. 020-2022-MINEM/DM, a period of fifteen business days is established, […]
Minem delegates new powers in natural gas to Osinergmin
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) delegated to the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) the total competence of attention and qualification of the venting of natural gas (activity that is carried out exceptionally and in a controlled manner in special and emergency situations). Through Supreme Decree No. 001-2022-MINEM, this regulatory […]
Minem does not lose sight of Candamo to increase gas reserves
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) does not rule out entering the Candamo forests, located in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park, for the establishment of a new batch of hydrocarbons that will increase Peru’s natural gas reserves. During his presentation before the Energy and Mines Commission of Congress, Deputy Minister Jorge Chávez guaranteed that […]
Minem: US$ 500 million are missing to materialize the mass use of natural gas
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) recognized that the State does not have sufficient resources to complete the massification of natural gas, so an additional item of US$ 500 million will be needed to carry it out. During his presentation before the Energy and Mines Commission of Congress, the Vice Minister of Mines, Jorge […]
Arturo Vásquez Benancio is the new director general of the General Directorate of Mining
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) appointed Arturo Belaunde Vasquez Benancio as the new director general of the General Directorate of Mining (DGM). Through Ministerial Resolution No. 016-2022-MINEM/DM, the Government of President Pedro Castillo appoints Vásquez in this position of trust, which reports hierarchically to the Vice Minister of Mines, Jorge Chávez Cresta, and […]
Mining investment to November exceeded US $ 4,450 million
The mining investment between January and November 2021 it reached US $ 4,453 million. The figure represents an increase of 21.6% in relation to the same period of the previous year when US $ 3,663 million was achieved, according to data from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem). The result for the penultimate month […]
Minem: Modification of the FOSE will not entail additional cost to current contributors
The Vice Minister of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Martin Davila, supported before the Energy and Mines Commission of Congress the technical scope of the bill that modifies the Law of the Electricity Social Compensation Fund (FOSE), and indicated that this initiative will allow a discount of up to 15% in […]