By Alek Buttermann Peru’s mining sector is at a critical crossroads as debates surrounding the Registro Integral de ...

Legislators moved forward a bill proposed earlier in the day by the Energy and Mining Legislative Committee to extend for six months a registry called REINFO, which allows small-scale miners to ...

Peru’s Congress voted late on Friday to extend for six months a controversial permit that allows informal mines to operate in ...

A Peruvian congressional committee approved extending the REINFO registry, permitting small-scale informal miners, despite allegations of fostering illegal mining. The bill faces full Congress for a ...

The Peruvian Congress has approved an extension of the formalization process for small-scale and artisanal mining, which has ...

A Peruvian congressional committee on Friday took an initial step to extend a scheme that allows temporary permits to be ...

Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...

The Energy and Mining Legislative Committee approved a bill that would extend for six months a registry called REINFO, which allows small-scale miners to continue working while seeking formalization.

Throughout the south, other protesters set up roadblocks. REINFO is currently set to expire on Dec. 31 and Mucho's office last week sent a bill to Congress to set a six-month period after that ...

Hundreds of thousands of Peruvians work in informal mines, mainly extracting gold, under the umbrella of a mechanism known as Reinfo. Critics say Reinfo has become a cover for illicit economies.