Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, and experts say it is driving a growing environmental and ...

The <a href=" of Energy and Mines (Minem) reported that cumulative investment from January to December 2025 exceeded US$6.228 billion, 24.3% growth compared with the same period in 2024 (US$5.011 ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most ...

Peru's mining exports reached a record US$61.849 billion at the end of 2025, a 28% increase compared with 2024 (US$48.368 billion), the National Society of Mining, Oil, and Energy (SNMPE) highlighted.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Peru's copper output is expected to grow between 2% and 4% this year, said the head of The National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE), Julia Torreblanca. That would put ...

A blockade by informal miners in Peru's Chumbivilcas province is disrupting a vital copper corridor, impacting the operations of leading mining companies, as reported by Reuters. Supporting a national ...

Emergency measures follow suspension of natural gas exports on Thursday as Peru scrambles to contain the fallout from a gas‑pipeline rupture.

Lupaka Gold Corp. won the award, which includes interest, last year in an arbitration proceeding that found the Peruvian government failed to stop the protests by rural communities at the company’s ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Peru’s decision to shrink its archeological park home to the famous Nazca Lines by around 42% — an area roughly the size of 1,400 soccer fields — has sparked alarm among ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) – More than 100 Peruvian farmers have been sickened by the spill of a copper concentrate containing arsenic and lead produced at one of the Andean country’s biggest mines, authorities ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, advancing along remote rivers and into Indigenous territories as experts warn of a widening environmental and ...