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Minsur celebrated the World Environment Day with neighboring communities

July 30, 2018

For Minsur, the World Environment Day is a significant date, since it allows strengthening behaviors and practices for the benefit of the environment, one of our Management pillars, but it is also a day to raise awareness among our stakeholders. Thus, San Rafael and Pucamarca mining units –through their Communication, Environmental and Social Management departments- […]

Minsur inaugurates water dam in Ajoyani district

July 30, 2018

On Monday, June 4th, the community dam Mamacocha* was inaugurated. It is located in the Ajoyani district, and it will directly benefit the livestock breeders in the area and the Association of South American camelid producers APROCSA. “Our sustainability vision is contributing to enhance our neighbors’ life quality with this kind of projects; we […]

Minsur’s environmental assets

April 11, 2018

Sustainable mining is specially concerned with the efficient and sustainable use of natural resources; but it also can and shall assume an active role for preserving its environment. This is one of MINSUR’s commitments with the international sustainability principles. Its main tin operation, San Rafael MU, has implemented in the last years a complex of […]

Martín Vizcarra: the profile of the new President of Peru

April 11, 2018

Source: Diario La República, March 23, 2018 President Kuczynski offered his resignation following corruption allegations, and now the first Vice-President, Martín Vizcarra becomes President. The first Vice President of Peru and former Ambassador to Canada, Martín Vizcarra started wearing the presidential sash after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s resignation was confirmed, following the vote-buying video scandal, to prevent an […]

Googling Minsur

April 11, 2018

As part of the recertification process of our tin smelter and refinery in Pisco (Ica), we received the pleasant visit of Ms. Alyssa Newman, Program Manager Supply Chain Sustainability – Conflict Minerals of Google. She arrived as an observer together with the RMI (Responsible Minerals Initiative)’s audit team. During her visit, she had the opportunity to […]

MINSUR’S NEXT STEPS

April 11, 2018

Source: Diario Gestión Last year, Minsur planned the development of the B2 project with the approval of its feasibility study. The initiative has over seven million tons of tailings with an average tin grade of 1.05%, which will enable the company to produce 45,000 tons of fine tin in nine years. The purpose is for […]

Welcome to the SusTINable Times

March 27, 2018

Times are changing. Hand in hand with increasingly aware and active citizens, the market and production are turning towards a sustainability approach. The number of companies assuming a far-reaching purpose grows every day, not only aiming at financial profitability, but also to the benefit of society and our planet. Minsur is one of these companies. […]

Minsur starts building the Project B2

March 27, 2018

“We are pleased, since the Ministry of Energy and Mining granted us the corresponding permit last February 21. With it, we will start mobilization to start building the project in March”, revealed Juan Luis Kruger, Minsur’s CEO. B2 is the initiative that will allow Minsur to revert the downward trend of San Rafael mine’s production, […]

Minsur enters into an agreement to measure Sustainability in its value chain

March 27, 2018

Up to 100 companies, among large, medium, small and micro companies, will be benefitted with a pilot project that will improve their operations’ social and environmental impact. With the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America’s support, Minsur and Sistema B entered into a partnership agreement to measure and improve the social and environmental impact of MINSUR […]

Drastic decline of anemia in the Antauta district*

March 27, 2018

The child development project called “SAMI”, promoted and funded by MINSUR, contributed to significantly reduce anemia in children under the age of 3 in Antauta district, located in the Puno Region as indicated by the NGO Sumbi. In the last three years it went from 98.8% to 76%, which represents a significant decline in the […]

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