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Antamina Mining Company encourages the growth of gross domestic product
The operations of the Antamina Mining Company drove growth of six percent annual gross domestic product (GDP) in the Ancash region, said his manager, Corporate Affairs, Gonzalo Quijandria.
“The Antamina income growth rates of both the regional and the national economy, since in recent years the GDP of Ancash grew six percent annually, while the national GDP did an average of seven percent, “he said.
However, he pointed out that there is still room to improve indicators of Ancash, through private investment. In early January Antamina announced an investment of 1,288 million dollars to expand its mining facilities and mineral processing capacity at its site located in the San Marcos district, province of Huari (Ancash).
He said the expansion in domestic economic activity will increase on average by 0.2 percent annually, and this represents approximately 4.524 million dollars in present value (accumulated from 2009 to 2029).
Similarly, the expansion and ongoing operations of Antamina generate an annual average impact (direct and indirect) equivalent to 0.8 percent of GDP in Peru (2009 – 2029), an impact that will be around 18 percent of the GDP of Ancash, remarked . With this project, between 2009 and 2029 Ancash receive a total of 2.723 million dollars in mining royalties and 530 million in royalties in the period 2016 to 2029.
You could also hire more than 225 additional workers in the area of ??direct influence, he said.
The average yearly expenditure on goods and services purchased in Ancash is 119 percent higher than 2009 and will remain canon resources available according to the performance expected. On the other hand, said the Antamina operations have already generated positive impacts on the area of ??direct influence in contrast to non-mining areas comparable.
Thus, 18 percent of households have access to clean water, ten percent of households have access to electricity, and the poverty rate is less than six percentage points. Finally, the amount of monthly per capita expenditure increased by ten percent (27 soles) and the malnutrition rate is less than seven percentage points.
Issues concerning the power to prohibit mining activities
On 21 December last year the regional government passed an ordinance declaring as an area of ??non-admission of mining claims throughout the territory of Cusco, and came into force a few days ago. “This is a measure that is not within the law nor the constitution and we are evaluating the steps we take, where it is fitting that this rule is repealed,” he said.
He reiterated that the next actions of the ministry will seek to safeguard the future investments that would like to place in the area, because according to published legal device, the investments to date are located in the Cusco region would not be affected, only those lands that are currently not have any concessions.
“What is clear at this point is that the regional government has no such power to ban and we will have to act accordingly,” he said. In that regard, he stressed that it is necessary that each player knows the national government and act according to their skills and does not affect the powers of others. He said that currently, there are a lot of mining concessions granted in the region of Cusco, which represent 0.6 percent of the total area of ??the region. “I think the real problem is a confusion on the part of the regions on that term are generated exploration rights after the State provides a mining lease to an investor,” he said.
He explained that often mistakenly think that these rights are given automatically, when it is not. On the contrary, before any intervention, the holder of a mining concession must obtain permission from land use, which means to agree with the surrounding community. “Additionally, you must file an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) in order to mitigate any impact that could be generated with the activity, and should also be checked the absence of archaeological resources,” he said.
First semester, energy integration agreement signed between Peru and Brazil
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) said the energy integration agreement between Peru and Brazil signed in the first half of this year, as there is great progress in this regard. Last December, the presidents of Peru, Alan Garcia, and Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged the Energy Ministers of both countries to submit a draft agreement bilateral energy integration in the short term.
The benefits of the law in mining activities
The need to formalize the mining activity to access the benefits of law and in recording higher levels of production, so that his portfolio has set targets regularize informal mining.
“Only in this way can have job security law, be subject to credit, access to training, to buy better quality inputs at fair prices, and work in peace and protecting the environment,” he said.
Gala said the goal is to formalize the informal mining, which must operate within the framework of the law, complying with environmental standards, while respecting private property and protect the rights of people living within these areas.
In this sense, the head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) today called on informal mining in Madre de Dios department to leave the indefinite strike is scheduled for Sunday April 4th at midnight.
It should be noted that the National Federation of Miners of Peru (Fenamarpe) confirmed the indefinite strike from April 4 against the Emergency Decree.
The proposed emergency decree ordering of gold mining in Madre de Dios, which includes actions such as the formalization and remediation of environmental liabilities incurred.