Brazil requested a precautionary pause of 10 years to the mining marine in international waters. The request was published just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licences. It was during a meeting organized by the International Seabed Authority that a Jamaica-based United Nations regulatory agency failed to approve a […]
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ADEX: Peruvian exports fall 0.15% in May
The peruvian exports they reached US$25,787 million, which represents a fall of 0.15% in the first 5 months of the year, according to the Association of Exporters (ADEX). This result is attributed to political instability and weather phenomena recorded in different regions. In addition, it is in line with what was projected by the Central […]
More countries in favor of a moratorium on underwater mining, according to experts
More and more countries call for a moratorium on the underwater mining and increase the protection of the ocean until the real impacts that the activity could cause on the seabed are not known, several experts have pointed out in a meeting prior to the start on Monday of the meeting of the International Seabed […]
INEI: fishing production fell 70.60% during May
During May, the fishing production contracted 70.60% due to the lower extraction of species of maritime origin (-76.15%) for indirect human consumption, according to the INEI’s Situational Advance report. 7,620 tons of anchovy were caught in May, while in the same month last year 1,069,431 tons were recorded. However, the INEI indicates that fishing for […]
The State should have invested S/9,806 per inhabitant with the taxes generated by mining
Since 2005, Peru’s mining regions have received billions in canons and royalties, taxes paid by extractive companies to the state. The Gérens graduate school carried out the per capita per inhabitant exercise in six regions located in southern Peru. How much money would correspond to each inhabitant of Arequipa, Apurímac, Moquegua, Tacna, Puno and Cusco? […]
Peru could have a new copper mine in 2025 with Zafranal
The National Maje Authoritys (Autodema) ended the procedure that sought to annul the temporary use of more than 12,000 hectares for the Zafranal mining project in the Arequipa mountains. This investment is in its culminating phases of evaluation. If the last permits are obtained, the first works will begin in 2025. They will add 441 […]
BCRP estimates that private investment will fall 2.5% in 2023
The private investment will fall 2.5% this year with a slight recovery during the second semester in a scenario of gradual recovery of business confidence, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). “We are now estimating that the mining investment is going to fall 18.9% and that non-mining is going to fall 0.5%, […]
Moquegua: the region where the best salaries are paid
Moquegua is one of the smallest regions of Peru. However, in this territory of less than 4,000 square kilometers, with burning sun and good avocados, the best salaries in the country are paid in the formal private sector. An investigation of weekly meeting, from the San Pablo de Arequipa Catholic University, determined that payroll workers […]
Minem: Congo will not pass to Peru in the copper market
Despite the fact that shipments of Peruvian minerals fell 8% in the first quarter —0.7% in the case of copper—, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) assured that the progress of copper production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will not mean that our country loses the second place of global supplier […]
Mining in Brazil, a time bomb against the peoples of the jungle
The advance of the mining on indigenous lands and conservation units in Brazil is a time bomb against jungle peoples and the environment, which can result in even greater destruction if it is not disarmed in time, defended researchers and activists. Artisanal mining, mostly illegal, has expanded in the last four years, taking advantage of […]