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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Ten missing after chopper disappears in northern Peru

Ten people are missing after a helicopter carrying passengers for the multinational Rio Tinto mining company disappeared on Tuesday in northern Peru. The Bell 412 B helicopter is owned by the Helinka-Evergreen company and was providing air transportation to Rio Tinto’s La Granja copper project, some 560 miles north of Lima in Cajamarca Department, to the [...]

Oil spill affects community in northern Peru

An oil spill in a northern Peruvian quarry has reportedly contaminated more than 10,000 square meters affecting a nearby community and its fresh water supply. According to CNR radio, the oil spill occurred Wednesday morning in the China Linda quarry, which is part of the Yanacocha mine owned by Colorado-based Newmont. The former lieutenant governor [...]

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 [...]

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