Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern ...

The murders in early May put the spotlight on increasing violence provoked by a gold rush in Peru’s northern Pataz district.

LIMA (Reuters) -Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by ...

The bodies of 13 workers at a Peruvian gold mine were discovered over the weekend as criminal groups step up a wave of terror over control of the precious metal in the country’s northern highlands.

Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

The Peruvian government has imposed a night-time curfew in Pataz province, where 13 kidnapped mine workers were killed last week. President Dina Boluarte also ordered that mining activities be ...

Peru’s government will create a “mining fund” set to finance incentives for small and artisan miners, the Andean country’s ...

A new analysis of archived satellite imagery has revealed that the growing presence of small-scale mining in the Peruvian ...

In the first two months of 2025, the value of mineral and metal exports from Peru exceeded US$8.072 billion, representing a 21.5% increase compared to the same period in 2024 (US$6.642 billion), ...

Element79 Gold (CSE:ELEM) is closely watching the Peruvian government's recent changes to oversight of small-scale and ...

Peru's economy expanded by 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025, driven mainly by growth in manufacturing, services and mining, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported ...

Grisly Peru Mining Murders Spotlight 'Gold Curse' in the Andes By Sebastian Castaneda and Marco Aquino TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks ...