Index-fund provider MSCI has kept the Southern Copper stock in the Peru universe, a move which indicates Peru will remain classified as an “emerging market.” Southern Copper is one of Full Article »
Thousands of protesters marched in Peru’s southern states of Puno and Arequipa following developments on local mining issues. The protests in Puno’s city of Juliaca and Arequipa’s Islay province come Full Article »
Peru’s government expects copper production to grow by 66% to overtake China as the world’s second-largest producer in 2016. According to Reuters, mining and energy minister Rosa Ortiz said that Full Article »
The state of emergency which implemented martial law in Arequipa’s Islay province expired over three months ago. A widening corruption probe into the anti-mining leadership seems to have sapped the public will Full Article »
Investigators revealed that leaders of the opposition to the Tia Maria copper project received thousands of dollars from a lawyer representing Southern Copper. Prosecutors investigating environmentalist lawyer Jesus Gomez after Full Article »
Leading equity-index provider MSCI will not downgrade Peru’s classification from “emerging market” to “frontier market” this year. Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced last month that it was reevaluating its Full Article »
Anti-mining opposition holds three-day protest against Tia Maria in southern Peru. Opposition to the Tia Maria copper project in Arequipa held a 72-hour strike in which protesters blocked a key Full Article »
New leaders of the opposition to southern Peru’s Tia Maria copper project will look to continue demonstrations to protest the mine. Last week Southern Copper began a community outreach program Full Article »
Two weeks after the end of martial law in Arequipa’s Islay province, residents held a protest last night against the Tia Maria copper mine project. On Friday night, mining and Full Article »
Opposition to the Tia Maria copper project in Arequipa has filed a lawsuit which aims to nullify the mine’s environmental impact study. A judge in Lima has admitted for review Full Article »
