Mine collapses in La Rinconada, three miners dead

A gold mine located in La Rinconada – the highest and perhaps one of the filthiest shantytowns in the world – collapsed early Wednesday morning, killing three miners.
According to witnesses, a rock-tunnel caved in and the miners were buried alive.
Family members and miners told daily El Comercio that the Ananea Mining Corporation does not provide [...]

Suppliers: Doe Run Peru bailout at acute risk

Doe Run Peru — an affiliate of the Renco Group which operates La Oroya’s poly-metallic smelter — has put its financial bailout package at risk suppliers said on Tuesday, claiming that the mining company has failed to meet terms agreed to last April.
In early April, ending weeks of speculation of a government bailout, fifteen Peruvian [...]

Huánuco residents shut down city, urge Raura Mine to comply with its environmental cleanup plan

Thousands of Huánuco residents took to the streets Wednesday, demanding that the region’s Raura Mine get back on track with its environmental cleanup plan, which it has postponed since 2002.
“We’re tired of all these years of pollution,” said Abner Falcón Dávilla, mayor of San Miguel de Cauri. “We urge the central government to defend the [...]

Junín residents demand solution to grave environmental contamination in the region and city of La Oroya

Representatives of Junín’s Environmental Association delivered a 9,548-signature petition to Peru President Alan García on Wednesday, demanding a solution for the severe environmental contamination in the region, and especially in La Oroya.
Residents have also demanded that Doe Run Peru, which runs the poly-metallic smelter in La Oroya, comply with its environmental clean-up plan, and that [...]

Doe Run Peru gives more than 2,500 smelter workers month-long paid leave because of lack of supplies

Doe Run Peru gave more than 2,500 workers – or approximately 75 percent of its workforce – a month-long paid leave because it has insufficient supplies to operate its La Oroya ploy-metallic smelter at full steam, daily El Comercio reported Wednesday.
“The company, according to article 2.3 of the collective agreement, has given workers a [...]

Doe Run Peru scores $175 million bailout, avoids collapse

Ending weeks of speculation of a government bailout, fifteen mining companies dependent on Doe Run Peru’s smelter have extended the U.S.-owned mining company a $175 million credit line, reported daily El Comercio on Friday.
An affiliate of the Renco Group, Doe Run issued a statement last Wednesday, confirming that its operations were only a hair shy [...]

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.

Landslide buries 30 in Peruvian highland village of Winchomayo

A landslide caused by torrential rain showers has left at least 10 miners dead and 20 others missing in the highland village of Winchomayo, located in the department of Puno, approximately 750 kilometers from Lima.
So far, 10 people have been confirmed dead and 20 others are still missing — most likely buried alive by mud, [...]

Huancapetí mining company fined $767,000 for contaminating Santa River

The Huancapetí mining company, a small metals producer in the Cordillera Negra in Ancash, has been fined $767,000 for dumping large quantities of mine tailings into the Santa River, a 200 kilometer−long tributary that emerges from Laguna Conococha and snakes down the western slopes of the Andes, reported daily El Comercio on Monday.
“This is an [...]

Congress approves law to relocate highly polluted highland mining city of Cerro de Pasco

After months of heated debate and years of failed attempts, Congress finally approved a law to progressively relocate the highland mining town of Cerro de Pasco, heavily polluted by over 425 years of uninterrupted mining activity.
“The law is a victory for the residents,” said Félix Rivera Serrano, Pasco regional President.

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