Informal miners in Peru have paused their more-than-two-week-long protest that blocked a major copper transit route, one of the protest leaders, Luis Huaman, told Reuters on Tuesday. He said they ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Miners in Peru who have been allowed to operate with temporary permits have paused protests that blocked a ...

Luis Huaman said on Tuesday that the protests of Peruvian miners who were allowed to operate temporarily with permits had ceased.

M MG's Las Bambas mine and Hudbay Minerals' Constancia mine, Peru's top copper producers, have issued warnings of potential ...

Peruvian workers protesting the cancelation of their mining permits clashed with police on Friday after blocking sections of ...

Illegal mining now accounts for about 40 percent of Peru's gold production. This parallel economy, worth billions, operates outside government oversight and environmental standards.

Mining now makes up about 60% of Peru's total exports. Peru holds the world's second-largest copper reserves and ranks among the top producers of gold, zinc, and silver.

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and archaeologists fear could leave the ancient geoglyphs vulnerable to ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Copper output in Peru, the world's third-biggest producer, is expected to grow slightly to 2.8 million metric tons this year, while mining investment is forecast to reach at least ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of the country that’s seen an up-tick in criminal activity culminating in ...

TRUJILLO, Peru — Peruvianas aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger. Now he and 12 others ...

TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger. Now he ...