Extortion is rising and contract killings are up, but Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse with new laws, says a new ...

After the failure to extend the REINFO program and the rejection of MAPE, President Boluarte claimed that "Only illegal ...

An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has ...

Peru's informal miners have temporarily lifted the blockade of a major highway used by mining companies to transport copper, ...

The decision to halt the demonstrations comes as protesters continue to push for an extension of their temporary permits.

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

LIMA - Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off a temporary program that allowed them to continue operations, the minister of energy and mines said on Friday. Read more at ...

Peru Ramps up Fight Against Illegal Mining, Kicks Most Informal Miners off Permit Scheme By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off a temporary program ...

A blockade by informal miners in Peru's Chumbivilcas province is disrupting a vital copper corridor, impacting the operations of leading mining companies, as reported by Reuters. Supporting a ...

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 experts warn ...

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.

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 ...