During your visit to Ayacucho, the president of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, announced that the Executive will monitor the closure of the Pallancata, Inmaculada and Apumayo mines, the first two in the last stage of progressive closure and the last in final closure. Breapampa still has a little over a year to spare. […]
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Mines that will close in Ayacucho had already planned to complete their operations, clarifies the PCM
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers issued a statement in which it guarantees the operations of mining companies under the current legal framework. The statement specifies that the mining units located in the Ayacucho region, whose closure announced the Prime Minister, Mirtha Vásquez, they had already planned to complete their operations. In accordance with […]
Mirtha Vásquez announces the negotiation for the voluntary withdrawal of four mines in Ayacucho
Last Friday, November 19, the High Level Commission of the Executive Branch, chaired by the head of the Council of Ministers, Mirtha Vásquez, held a meeting with the authorities of Huamanga together with leaders of the southern provinces of Ayacucho. In this dialogue, the premier reached an agreement with officials from the provinces of Lucanas, […]
Minem: 3.513 million dollars were executed in mining investment as of September
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reported this Tuesday that, between January and September of this year, mining investment grew by 21.3% compared to the same period of the previous year. Along these lines, a total of 3,513 million dollars was executed, while in 2020 it barely reached 2,897 million dollars, the regions with […]
Mining exports grew 67.6% between January and September of this year
The National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE) reported that mining exports from the Peru reached 29,091 million dollars between January and September of this year, a figure that implies a growth of 67.6% compared to the same period in 2020, when 17,360 million dollars were reported. Even mining exports to September are higher […]
Mirtha Vásquez: “We can enter into a better relationship with the mining companies”
The president of the Minister council, Mirtha Vásquez, affirmed that his management will seek to “relate” in a good way with the mining companies to discuss the higher income tax as proposed by the Executive in the bill on delegation of powers in tax matters. “We can enter into a better relationship where mining companies […]
US $ 14 million daily in losses would generate suspension of operations at Antamina mining
This Sunday, October 31, the Antamina mining company announced, through a statement, the paralysis of its operations due to the non-existent guarantees for the correct performance of the corresponding tasks and that a group of community members carried out a strike in the district of Aquia (Ancash). The president of Antamina, Víctor Gobitz, pointed out […]
“We believe in socially responsible mining,” the Aquia community responds to Antamina
The peasant community of Aquia, which complies with a strike in the Antamina mining corridor, clarified that it is not opposed to the miningInstead, they support such activity as long as it is “socially responsible.” As is known, the route has been blocked for a few days by the residents, in protest of an alleged […]
Mining and hydrocarbons sector grew 11.07% in September of this year
In September of this year, the sector mining and hydrocarbons grew 11.07% compared to the same month of 2020. This result was thanks to the positive performance of the metallic mining subsector by 12.32% and the hydrocarbons subsector by 4.02%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI ). The result of the […]
High-profit miners would pay more taxes
The rise in international mineral prices has generated that several mining companies benefit and, therefore, obtain higher profits than they projected. Faced with this metal boom, the Executive It has contemplated -after 10 years- making adjustments to the current mining tax regime, with the aim that companies that have been achieving high profits can have […]