Environment Ministry to take emergency measures to reduce heavy-metal and mining contamination in Amazon region

Emergency measures to reduce heavy-metal contamination in Peru’s Mantaro River basin and pollution caused by informal mining in the Amazon’s Madre de Dios region are soon to be implemented, said Environment Minister Antonio Brack Egg on Sunday.

Peru posts $176 million trade deficit for Jan. 2009, exports fall 39 percent

Peru posted a $176 million trade deficit this January, as prices for primary commodities – such as fish meal, copper and other minerals exports – plummeted by 39 percent, daily El Comercio reported. “This (disappointing) result is due to the fact that Peru’s most important exporter regions, such as Ancash, La Libertad, Ica, Piura, Arequipa [...]

MEM: Peru was World’s largest silver producer in 2007

A report by the United States Geological Survey, USGS, says Peru was the World’s largest silver producer in 2007, according to the Energy and Mines Ministry, MEM. The USGS report, cited by the MEM on Sunday, says Peru’s silver production reached more than 109 million fine ounces in 2007. The next largest silver producers were [...]