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Type. Fire. Cause. Short circuit. Deaths. 27. On 6 May 2023, a fire broke out in the La Esperanza gold mine in Yanaquihua District, Condesuyos Province, Peru leaving at least 27 dead. The fire was the country's deadliest mining accident since 2000. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
Nine workers were killed and 10 others gravely injured in the latest attack where men armed with explosives raided and took hostages at a mine belonging to Poderosa , one of Peru's top gold producers.
Nine people were killed and 15 injured after armed men raided Peru's Poderosa mine with explosives and took hostages, the Interior Ministry said late on Saturday. The attackers entered the mine ...
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...
At least seven workers at a small gold mine in southern Peru have died in what is believed to be an accident, local police reported on Thursday. The victims' bodies were discovered 1.5 km (0.93 ...
Chucapaca mine [8] gold: 10 Corani mine [9] silver: 11 Costancia mine [10] copper: 12 Crespo mine [2] silver: 13 Cuajone mine [11] copper: 14 Galeno mine [12] copper: 15 Haquira mine [13] copper: 16 Huaron mine [14] silver: 17 Lagunas Norte mine [15] gold: 18 Las Bambas copper mine [16] copper: 19 Lily Mine: other 20 Los Chancas mine [17 ...
Despite the frequency of mining deaths, many incidents are not documented. [ 2] March 2001 – coltan mine 30 miles northwest of Goma in North Kivu province – at least 70 killed in a collapse. [ 3] January 8, 2002 – artisanal coltan mine in Masisi Territory in North Kivu province – about 30 killed in a collapse. [ 4]
Yanacocha ( Cajamarca Quechua: yana = "black, dark", qucha = "lake, puddle, pond, lagoon") [ 1] is a gold mine in the Cajamarca region of the Northern Highlands of Peru. [ 2] Considered to be the fourth largest gold mine in the world, it produced 0.97 million ounces of gold in 2014. [ 3] The 251-square kilometer open pit mine is situated about ...