Copper and gold mining in Espinar have a long history of discord going back to state ownership under Velasco and before that when mines were in foreign hands. For years, it was Tintaya that dominated the story (later...
Read MoreIn a public declaration directed at the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), the Culture Ministry (MINCUL) and other public organizations, PUINAMUDT, the platform of indigenous organisations located in oil block 192, have...
Read MoreIn a legal first, Otoniel Jara, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation of the murder of four Ashaninka indigenous leaders, has requested the courts for a 35-year prison sentence for those identified as having planned and...
Read MoreAccording to the latest data from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the UK has become the number one mining investor in Peru, with 20.9% of all forecasted investment, or a total of US$75.8 billion. British investment consists of...
Read MoreAcross much of southern Peru mining projects continue to raise concern and varying degrees of protest, but the most worrying at the moment is Tía María in Arequipa. Protests broke out anew last week following the decision of the...
Read MoreOn 27 October, the minister responsible for development and social inclusion, Jorge Meléndez, resigned in the face of accusations about nepotism and illegal timber extraction and marketing. He did so to limit the damage to...
Read MoreDisagreements continue over Tía María, the large projected copper mine in Arequipa. With the Consejo de Minería last week appearing to give the green light to the constructors permits for Tía María, ministers are insisting that...
Read MoreThe government has designated Paola Bustamante, the former minister in charge of development and social inclusion, as the ‘alta comisionada’ for dialogue and development in the southern mining corridor, an area that...
Read MoreThe long-running saga over the impacts of successive oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon on the environment and indigenous communities seems to have entered a new phase. While the OEFA announced fines against the state-run oil...
Read MoreThe government last week ordered in troops to open the road leading from Las Bambas in Apurímac to Matarani on the coast, once again decreeing a state of emergency in this troubled part of southern Peru. The communities’...
Read MoreIndigenous organisations in the oil-producing Block 192 have taken their complaints to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). They want to bring added international pressure to bear on the Peruvian government to...
Read MoreAhead of its board meeting in Addis Ababa, the EITI (Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative) has issued a newsletter with information on some interesting initiatives and developments, one of which relates to the...
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