At least 27 workers have died in a fire at a gold mine in a remote area of southern Peru, authorities said Sunday ... The victims were 100 meters below ground, local media said.

The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, the mining company said. The Peruvian company, La Poderosa, said that a search ...

Peru’s state intervention against illegal gold mining in the Madre de Dios region ... other regions in the country amounted to 33 million soles ($9.9 million at the time); this year, it ...

while other currencies have depreciated by 50%, 100% or 150%," the head of Peru's central bank Julio Velarde said Wednesday at an event launching a commemorative coin. In this context, "the sol is ...

A woman attends the wake of one of the miners from a small mine linked to the gold mining company Poderosa, kidnapped and killed by illegal miners, in Trujillo, Peru, on May 6, 2025. SEBASTIAN ...