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Toquepala Mine in 2003, viewed from ISS.The open pit was then 2.5 kilometers across.. Southern Copper Corporation is a mining company that was founded in 1952. The current incarnation of Southern Copper can be traced to the 2005 acquisition of Southern Peru Copper Corporation by the Mexican copper producer Minera México.
Mining is Grupo México's largest division, operating 14 mines and 52 plants in Mexico, Peru, USA, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Spain. The division operates as Americas Mining Corporation, whose main subsidiaries are Southern Copper Corporation in Mexico and Peru, ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company) in the United States and Minera Los Frailes in Spain.
Cuajone represents one of the largest copper reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.6 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.57% copper. [1] The Cuajone Mine was officially opened in November 1976. It was owned by Southern Peru Copper Corporation, which was a 51% subsidiary of Asarco.
Small-scale mining, fueled by high metal prices and a disorganized government permitting system, is a growing problem for companies in Peru, the world's second-largest copper producer. Southern ...
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The Las Bambas Mine is one of the largest mines in Peru and produces 2% of the world's copper. Additionally, the protests tests Castillo's campaign promise to strike to redistribute mining wealth to local communities. [2] In 2015, the Las Bambas copper mine experienced large-scale protests which led to the deaths of 3 people and 17 injured. [3]
Other investments in copper deposits included Rio Blanco Copper S.A.’s Rio Blanco deposit located in the Department of Piura ($1.5 billion to produce copper by 2008), Perú Copper Inc.’s Toromocho deposit located in the Department of Junin ($1.5-$2.0 billion, reserves 1.6 billion metric tons), Southern Copper was planning to invest $600 ...
The National Superintendency of Higher University Education (Spanish: Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria), also known by its acronym SUNEDU, is a government organisation whose purpose is the licensing, quality supervision, and inspection of higher university educational service in Peru.