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 ...

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

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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.

Thousands of small-scale miners in Peru blocked roads and camped outside Congress on Monday to demand extension of a program ...

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

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 ...

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.

The program, known as REINFO, started in 2012 and gave workers a temporary permit while they waited to be formalized. REINFO has been extended several times and currently has 85,000 registered ...