Topic: Cajamarca

Peru's Humala picks ex-army officer to lead Cabinet

LIMA (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala replaced his prime minister on Saturday with a former army officer who was his instructor in the military in an unexpected Cabinet shake-up that stunned Peru.Oscar Valdes, who until now had been Humala's interior minister ...
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency in a mining region in the north of the country, which has been the site of a bitter conflict.At the center of the conflict is the $4.8 billion so-called Conga project ...

Peru declares emergency over protests

0 . President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency Sunday in a northern region wracked by protests against a highlands gold mine ...

Peru anti-mine roadblocks lifted, government calls talks

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian protesters opposed to a $4.8 billion gold mine project abandoned roadblocks on Saturday as government officials called weekend talks with regional leaders to try to resolve the conflict.Earlier this week, U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp agreed ...
Southern Copper CEO says Chinese demand for copper to remain strong . . --Southern Copper maintains production target for Tia Maria . . --Southern ...
LIMA - Mining companies in Peru invested $3.47 billion in the first seven months of 2011, up 71% compared to the same period last year, the...
LIMA - Mining companies operating in northern Peru have seen a cutback to their energy consumption. However, production at some of the country's...
LIMA - Peruvian precious metals mining company Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN, BUENAVC1. VL) approved full funding for its 43.65%-owned...
â?" A subsidiary of South African miner Gold Fields Ltd. said Monday it has boosted its stake in a Peruvian mining operation to about 99 percent...
Ayngelina Brogan pressed pause on her corporate career to travel the way she had always dreamed—for a long period of time, going wherever the wind...