The Tia Maria copper mine, a project that is being developed near Arequipa, in Peru, might currently be one of the industry’s most expensive and ambitious projects, but that didn’t stop the protesters from showing their dissatisfaction in the last years. The project has been halted since 2011, but there’s a light at the end of … Read more
After a gap of two years, the Arizona-based mining company Southern Copper may be able to restart work at the controversial TÃa MarÃa copper project near Arequipa, Peru, in January of 2014. This would allow the firm to kick-off the operation and start the production by March, the site Mining reports. The $1 billion project was halted in … Read more
The Peruvian mining industry has a major problem globally known: most of it is illegal. And although the United States tries to take action against this scourge that affects the country and its people, fighting this problem won’t be easy. A new report made by the US-based non-profit organization Verité, which Mining Examiner have already referred here, has led … Read more
The rivers in Peru’s southeastern Amazon area are being poisoned by toxic levels of mercury coming from illegal gold miners. And the worst is that, according to a new study made by the Carnegie Amazon Mercury Project, this leakage is posing serious health risks to the local children. The report says that native communities are registering levels of mercury … Read more