As Peru heads into elections, most political parties lack concrete plans to tackle illegal mining, a major driver of ...

Illegal mining in Peru is expanding rapidly, becoming the country's largest illicit economy. Despite its environmental and ...

Peru's upcoming elections reveal a significant oversight of illegal mining issues, which threaten environmental integrity and ...

Peru heads to a decisive run-off amid policy uncertainty and rising pressure on a mining sector central to growth.

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 ...

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 $4.8 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has significantly reduced the protected area around its famed Nazca Lines, a move critics and ...

July 3 (UPI) --The government of President Dina Boluarte has extended Peru's small-scale mining formalization program through December, even as doubts persist more than a decade after its launch and ...

One candidate has mining ties, benefiting from copper rail shipments; another one leads a gold-rich department.