It was gold that brought the Spanish conquistadors to Peru in the 1500s. More than 500 years on and the precious metal is ...

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 illegal miners.

Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the regional chief of police in Arequipa in testimony given to prosecutors, ...

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

The mine has also been a hotbed of illegal gold mining. By Mitra Taj Reporting from Lima, Peru The bodies of 13 gold miners were found in an underground shaft at a site operated by Peru’s ...

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

TRUJILLO, Peru, May 7 (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger.

The main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia, according to Peru’s ...

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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 ...

Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were killed after a kidnapping inside a gold mine. Mining in Pataz in Peru's ...