An environmental activist campaigning against the destruction of the Amazon was shot and killed in the Peruvian jungle, local ...

Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network fueling illicit gold mining in the Amazon BOGOTA, Colombia ...

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 experts warn ...

Informal miners in Peru are threatening to resume protests after suspending negotiations with the government due to ...

Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off a temporary program that allowed them to continue operations, the minister of energy and mines said on Friday.

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining Customs workers carry bags of mercury hidden in gravel-filled bags in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining - Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling ...