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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru is evaluating the authorization of 134 mining exploration and exploitation projects worth an estimated investment of $6 billion, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, as her ...

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.