Mining and Development in Peru with special reference to the Rio Blanco Project, Piura

Bebbington, Anthony and Coxshall, Wendy and Connarty, Michael and O'Shaughnessy, Hugh and Williams, Mark (2007) Mining and Development in Peru with special reference to the Rio Blanco Project, Piura. Project Report. The Peru Support Group, London.

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Abstract

This report addresses the relationships between mining and development in Peru, focusing on a particular experience in the Northern highlands of Piura - the Rio Blanco Project, executed by Minera Majaz, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British company Monterrico Metals. The report is the work of an independent delegation organized and coordinated by the Peru Support Group (PSG), a UK based membership organisation. The PSG’s interest in mining led it to sponsor a meeting in the Houses of Parliament in March 2006, which showed significant disagreements between Minera Majaz and local citizens’ organisations regarding the dynamics
of environment and development around the company’s exploration activities. With the agreement of Monterrico Metals, the delegation was organized to form a third party view on these differences of opinion, and on the broader development effects of the investments and activities of this UK based company - both the effects to date, and those in the future. The case is also emblematic of broader issues in the relationships between mining, society and development that are relevant to the operations of other
British mining companies in Peru.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
SWORD Depositor:	eprints api
Depositing User:	eprints api
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2025 16:09
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2025 16:09
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4550

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