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Peru Approves Water Use for Cerro Verde Mine

12 Sep 2013- 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LIMA, Peru Peru last week approved the water use license for US mining company Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s $3.5 billion USD Cerro Verde Mining Expansion Project in Arequipa. The Caplina-Ocoña Water Management Authority, based in Arequipa, will
Peru’s SEDAPAR Signs Water Agreement for $3.5 Billion Cero Verde Mine Expansion

10 Jun 2013- 10:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent AREQUIPA, Peru SEDAPAR, the regional water and sewerage utility in Peru’s Arequipa Province, last week finalized a water agreement with mining company Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold for the $3.5 billion USD Cerro Verde copper mine expansion project.
Pluspetrol Denies Responsibility for Peru’s Amazon Pollution

Argentine oil company Pluspetrol Norte SA on April 1 denied accusations by the Peruvian government that its operations in the country’s northern Amazon region were causing serious environmental pollution.
Latin American Governments Infringe on Indigenous Rights in Support of Mining Sector: RRI

Four Latin American governments were found to be giving away natural resources located primarily found in areas where indigenous communities live in an effort to increase economic development, according to a new study from NGO Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).
Peru Declares State of Emergency Over Amazon Oil Pollution

Peru’s government on March 25 declared a 90-day environmental state of emergency in the Amazon region of Loreto due to oil pollution that was not properly cleaned up by Argentine-owned Pluspetrol.

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Peru Approves Water Use for Cerro Verde Mine

Peru’s SEDAPAR Signs Water Agreement for $3.5 Billion Cero Verde Mine Expansion

Pluspetrol Denies Responsibility for Peru’s Amazon Pollution

Latin American Governments Infringe on Indigenous Rights in Support of Mining Sector: RRI

Peru Declares State of Emergency Over Amazon Oil Pollution