The investment mining grew 7.5% between January and August, compared to the same period in 2023, and added US$2,918 million, according to data from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem).
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However, the information reveals that only in August a decline of 4.8% was observed compared to the similar month a year earlier. In the eighth month, Compañía Minera Antamina topped the list of disbursement executed with US$348 million.
In second position was Anglo American Quellaveco SA with an investment of US$250 million for the disbursement made in the “Quellaveco” Administrative Economic Unit.
Minera Las Bambas SA ranked third with US$242 million for its “Las Bambas” Beneficiation Plant and its Administrative Economic Unit “Chalcobamba”, while Sociedad Minero Cerro Verde ranked fourth with US$226 million.
In the eighth month, Moquegua remained the company that made the most investment with US$457 million, representing 15.7% of the total participation. Áncash, meanwhile, took second place with US$387 million.
“In third place, Arequipa was positioned with US$ 321 million, holding 11%, a department in which Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA stood out in its concession “Cerro Verde 1,2,3” for its highest amount of investment executed,” he stated. the Minem.
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