By Aimee Gabay For several years, illegal gold mining, loggers and other invaders have impacted the territory of the ...

Speeding over to a muddy bank of Peru's Madre de Dios river in a motorboat, Karina Garay pointed to a small wooden structure.

The worry that mineral rights may be revoked has been the industry’s biggest concern in private conversations.

LIMA, Peru--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peru, a global leader in the mining industry, presents a reliable, innovative offering for the supply of specialized products and services for this important sector.

In recent years, foreign direct investment has been flowing into Peru as international investors hope to strike gold -- and copper and silver. The country boasts the second-highest production of ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a lifeline for many who live in Madre de Dios, a region in southeastern Peru, where poverty is high and jobs are scarce. But the economic development in this ...

LIMA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Peru is looking to put the "chaos" of months-long protests earlier this year behind it to revitalize flagging mining investment in the world's no. 2 copper producing nation, ...

FILE - Boats sit on the shore of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, amid low water levels and drought in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Von Bancles, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Residents of Peru's key mining areas are expected to support protests due to kick off this week against the government of President Dina Boluarte, who on Tuesday denounced the planned ...

Many millions of years ago, a section of ocean was isolated in what would become the Andes. When it eventually receded, it ...

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 ...