Peru's president Dina Boluarte has suspended gold mining for 30 days and imposed a 12-hour curfew in the northern province of Pataz after 13 contracted gold mine workers were found killed inside a ...

Peru suspends gold mining in Pataz for 30 days after illegal miners kidnap and kill mine workers from Poderosa LIMA (Reuters) -Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days ...

Peru's environment agency says 58 mine units in 14 regions hold mine waste that El Niño rains could spill into rivers, a risk for copper and gold.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most destructive ...

Peru's national police regained control of the gold mine in the province of Pataz, confiscating weapons and apprehending ...

Awajún and Wampis leaders report more than 60 illegal mining dredges in Peru's Amazon on 22 October 2026, with mercury fears and a gold supply chain link.

The skies above a rich corner of the Peruvian Amazon filled with smoke and debris this week as all branches of the country's military attacked illegal gold mining camps deep in the jungle. Teams of ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, Peru’s Interior Ministry said, their deaths coming as violence ...

July 3 (UPI) --The government of President Dina Boluarte has extended Peru's small-scale mining formalization program through December, even as doubts persist more than a decade after its launch and ...