Cusco. The company antapaccay announced the evacuation of its workers after last Thursday a group of vandals attacked the buildings where the staff was resting, in Espinar. Given this, the mining company decided to secure 2,400 people, including collaborators and contractors. The announcement was made through a statement published on their official accounts, in which […]
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They attack the Antapaccay camp and the mining corridor is blocked
Social protests affect areas adjacent to mining operations located between Apurímac, Cusco and Puno. From very early yesterday, in some WhatsApp groups, messages began to circulate about an alleged attack on the camp of the company MMG Las Bambas, which operates one of the largest copper deposits in the country in the district of Challhuahuacho, […]
MEF: private investment would have fallen 0.5% in 2022
The owner of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Alex Contreras, took stock of economic activity during 2022 and acknowledged, in an interview with The Republic, that private investment would have registered a fall at the end of the year, although this would be moderate. It is worth mentioning that the estimate that was […]
Resource nationalism puts mining in Latin America at risk
A rise in resource nationalism in Latin America is driving up metal prices by hurting the region’s ability to supply raw materials for the energy transition, according to the head of the Mining Council of Chili. Proposed tax hikes on copper mines in Chile and plans for a new state-owned lithium company, as well as […]
Direct employment in the mining sector exceeded 247,000 workers in October
The direct employment in the mining subsector The national government added a total of 247,195 workers in the month of October, which represents a growth of 0.3% compared to what was registered in the previous month (246,390 people), reported the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) in the latest edition of Mining Statistical Bulletin (BEM). […]
Fuerabamba accepts dialogue, but PCM proposes another date
The community members of Fuerabamba and Huancuire, in Challhuahuacho, yesterday sent a letter to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) in which they expressed their willingness to dialogue today, as the premier, Aníbal Torres, had initially proposed. However, the meeting will not take place, the PCM changed its proposal for May 10. The […]
Las Bambas: this is how the company informed its workers about the cessation of copper production in Apurimac
The mining company Las Bambas made official that This Wednesday, April 20, it definitely stopped producing copper in Apurímac. In this way, they informed their workers about the measures that they will apply and under what conditions they could return to their operations. Through a statement, Las Bambas clarified that it expects “a viable agreement” […]
IMF mining reform to inject US$ 1,154 million to the treasury in the next 5 years
A tax reform on mining in Peru could mean an additional collection of between US$ 853 and US$ 1,154 million in the next five years, according to an estimate made by the Tax Justice Group (GJF) based on the report presented recently by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recognizes, on the one hand, the […]
They create a work table to deal with contamination of the Llallimayo river basin
The Executive created the working group called ‘Executive working table that contributes to address and solve the socio-environmental problems of the Llallimayo river basin that includes the districts of Ayaviri, Cupi, Llalli and Umachiri of the province of Melgar of the department of Puno ‘. Through Ministerial Resolution No. 094-2022-PCM, published today in El Peruano, […]
Las Bambas and the Chuicuni community reach an agreement
The demonstrations in Cuajone, a Southern Peru company, will continue despite the fact that on Friday the start of a dialogue table was achieved, after a meeting of the high-level commission, led by the Minister of Energy and Mines, Carlos Palacios, the firm and representatives of the peasant community of Tumilaca, Pocata, Coscore and Tala, […]