The Governor of Amazonas region has moved quickly to defuse a potential flashpoint in the area bordering Ecuador arising from the long-standing conflict between indigenous peoples of the River Cenepa and the mining company...
Read MoreNew policy lines appear to be in gestation which would, if enacted, help resolve problems surrounding extractive industries and how their use of land and resources can coexist with others. Some in government appear to be...
Read MoreThe long-running disruption in the whole of the southern mining corridor continues. Last week, eight communities from Chumbivilcas and Espinar declared an indefinite strike against MMG (the company developing the Las Bambas...
Read MoreA court ruling in Cuzco has cleared human rights defenders of charges against them dating from 2011. Although the case will be appealed, the judgement was clear-cut in the language it used. Back in December 2011, a protest was...
Read MoreUsing the slogan #PescaSiPetroleoNo, community and environmental leaders, as well as representatives from fishing unions, have this month staged new protests at exploratory drilling for oil off the north Pacific coast. These...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) has finally released over US$55 million to address half a century’s legacy of contamination in Block 192. A welcome first step, it will not go far in addressing the problem as a whole....
Read MoreIt is nearly a year since the government launched the so-called ‘Operation Mercury’ in Madre de Dios. The programme was planned as a two-year effort to control illegal gold mining and the abuses to which it leads....
Read MoreA possible agreement between a Brazilian mining company and local communities in Ica affected by a planned mining project is worth watching. The company is Nexa Resources and it is looking to develop the underground mine of...
Read MoreAn end of year article by Francesca García in El Comercio reviews the pending agenda for 2020 in the field of extractives and social conflict The report summarises the views of three people: Rolando Luque, associate for the...
Read MoreBP and Petroperú last week signed six contracts by which BP will conduct pre-exploration activity in the offshore Salaverry basin in waters off the regions of La Libertad and Ancash. The pre-exploration phase will last for two...
Read MoreThe International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published an updated version of a manual produced in 2009 that sets out grievance procedures within the mining industry. ICMM is a private sector organisation...
Read MoreAs the year ends, we look back to the visits to London and Brussels of Virginia Pinares and Julia Cuadros during which we highlighted the predicament facing communities in the vicinity of Las Bambas in Apurímac. This is also the...
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