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UPDATE 2-Peru Ramps up Fight Against Illegal Mining, Kicks Most Informal Miners Off Permit Scheme
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Associated Press LIMA (AP) — Peru on Friday eliminated more than 50,000 temporary permits for informal miners that allowed them to operate in the country, amid roadblocks and protests demanding longer mining operations. There are three types of mining in Peru: formal mining, which meets all legal requirements; informal mining, which is smaller in scale but is undergoing a process of legalization for several years; and illegal mining, which opera…
UPDATE 2-Peru ramps up fight against illegal mining, kicks most informal miners off permit scheme
Only 31,560 miners will remain in the program that aims to formalize them and the government will reinforce its efforts against illegal mining, minister Jorge Montero told a local radio station. The announcement came as hundreds of small-scale miners are pushing for continued operations with protests and a blockade of a key copper corridor used by major miners MMG, Glencore and Hudbay.
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The Star Kuala LumpurPeru ramps up fight against illegal mining, kicks most informal miners off permit scheme
LIMA - Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off of a temporary program that allowed them to continue operations, the minister of energy and mines said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At the moment, the miners have blocked Abancay Avenue, generating traffic congestion in the area Source: RPP The Peruvian National Police increased security measures in the vicinity of the Congress of the Republic due to the presence of miners attached to the National Confederation of Small Mining and Artisanal Mining of Peru (Confemin).According to an intelligence document to which RPP had access, there is an alert for a possible seizure of the…
In Exitosa, the holder of the Minem, Jorge Luis Montero, announced that the census of small and artisanal mining will be applied over 31,560 RESINFOS in process of formalization until December.
Police officers seized 200 sacks of gold, which they process to extract gold.This was done in an operation against informal mining in a cartable trocha in the Chivatos village of Suyo district in Ayabaca province.It was staff of the Suyo rural police station who intervened two vehicles that carried the cargo destined for Las Lomas district.At the time of the intervention, the drivers did not present the Comprehensive Register of Mining Formaliza…
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