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Interviews & Viewpoints | Luis Rivera, Vice-President, Gold Fields Las Americas: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
Articles & Analysis | Maximising hydrocarbons reserves remains a key priority in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
Among President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s key pledges in the 2016 election campaign was the “massification of natural gas” to serve residents and industrial users across southern Peru. Another feature of Peru’s policy focus is to diversify gas exports, including the potential renegotiation of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract...
Articles & Analysis | Renewable energy production spurs growth in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
According to the “Climatescope 2016” report, which asses the ability of countries to attract investment for low-carbon energy sources, Peru is currently one of only a handful of countries in Latin America with a mandatory renewable energy target, assumed to be revised every five years. In 2008 the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Ministerio de...
Articles & Analysis | The mining industry looks at basing refineries in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
One of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s election campaign themes was that Peru’s mining sector should increase its involvement in higher value-added activities, moving beyond simple ore extraction into more smelting and refining. “Pedro Pablo is very clear on this. Today we export a lot of rocks with our raw materials and some of those...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Carlos Temboury, Director and Chairman, Enel Generación: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
Articles & Analysis | Removing red tape to maximise Peru's mining potential from The Report: Peru 2017
The mining sector can be described as one of the main engines of the Peruvian economy as it accounts for 12% of total GDP. It creates direct employment for 174,000 workers and indirectly accounts for another 1.5m jobs. In 2016 mining exports totalled $23.8bn – 65% of the country’s total merchandise exports.