As the government seeks to streamline connections throughout the country and become a stronger regional logistics centre, an assortment of major infrastructure projects is currently being constructed. Peru’s topography is a double-edged sword, providing rich minerals and a diverse terrain to cultivate, yet, simultaneously, the rugged Andes Mountains...
With a radius of 24 square blocks located in the heart of downtown Lima, Gamarra is the capital city’s most important textiles emporium, both for production and retail. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, 150 galleries house more than 14,000 companies that either produce or sell textiles and apparel in Gamarra, providing work for 90,...
Cement producers have been trying to keep up with the pace of construction sector growth over the past few years. This is reflected in cement consumption, which increased by 3.72% in 2011, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Information. With a small group of companies covering the market, many opportunities await future...
Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, mercury, molybdenum and selenium. Peru was one of the world’s top 10 producers (and one of Latin America’s top two producers) of each of these minerals in 2011 thanks to a rich, polymetallic geology that has provided a steady supply of precious metals for thousands of years. The importance of the mining sector...
The Supervisory Authority for Investment in Public Transportation Infrastructure (Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Infraestructura de Transporte de Uso Público, OSITRAN), Peru’s transportation regulator, estimated in 2010 that the transport infrastructure gap was $13.9bn. This important assessment was followed by the equally significant...
The discovery of Camisea in 1986 dramatically altered Peru’s energy matrix, even if it took many years to do so. The emergence of significant natural gas reserves has lessened reliance on hydroelectricity to supply the national grid, which needed the added capacity after a decade of strong macroeconomic growth led to significantly increased demand....
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