The men were killed in a region that has seen growing conflict over access to ore in recent years. The mine has also been a ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of the country that’s seen an up-tick in criminal activity culminating in the ...

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

The bodies of 13 workers at a Peruvian gold mine were discovered over the weekend as criminal groups step up a wave of terror ...

Five Indian companies have already invested around $30 million in Peru’s mining sector, but there is scope for more. The lithium sector should be of particular interest. Peru is home to the ...

The Tintaya mine sorting facility which sifts through the mined earth to extract copper. In Espinar, Peru, 2022 PAUL GAMBIN POUR LE MONDE Thirteen people were found dead inside a mine in Peru ...

THIRTEEN security guards kidnapped from a major gold mine have been found dead after being kept hostage for a week. The security staff disappeared in the mountains near Pataz, northern Peru ...

Thirteen miners have been found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped several days earlier. They were working at a gold mine owned by Peruvian mining company Poderosa, which is based in ...

A woman attends the wake of one of the miners from a small mine linked to the gold mining company Poderosa, kidnapped and killed by illegal miners, in Trujillo, Peru, on May 6, 2025. SEBASTIAN ...

Peru is assigning the military with the task of regaining control of a mineral-rich area of the country’s northern highlands after 13 gold mine workers were kidnapped and murdered. Army troops ...