Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling ...

The town of La Pampa in Peru's Madre de Dios region is beset by illegal gold mining that fuels violence and environmental ...

Peruvian authorities intercepted a shipment of four metric tons of mercury slated for illegal gold mining in Bolivia. This is ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian authorities have halted a shipment of about four metric tons of mercury headed to Bolivia for presumed use in illegal gold mining, they said on Thursday, the latest sign of ...

No one was hurt in the attack. For two years, the Wampis Nation has pressed state agencies and the public prosecutor’s office ...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -MMG and Hudbay Minerals executives met with Peru's cabinet chief this week to warn that ...

A protest by informal miners in Peru is blocking parts of a key copper corridor used by major miners MMG , Glencore and ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer ...

The Peruvian mining sector may see joint-venture agreements in the future as a way to unlock new copper projects in remote areas that are not used to the industry. Peru, the world’s No. 2 copper ...

The head of Peru's influential mining chamber urged the government's tax agency to clear the air about allegations, brought by labor unions, that companies underreported profits during the 2006 ...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -MMG and Hudbay Minerals executives met with Peru's cabinet chief this week to warn that production at their copper mines could be affected if a two-week protest by ...