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Controversial REINFO Extension Stirs Tensions in Peru
A Peruvian congressional committee approved extending the REINFO registry, permitting small-scale informal miners, despite allegations of fostering illegal mining. The bill faces full Congress for a ...
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Peru's Contentious Mining Permit Extension Sparks Debate
Peru's Congress extended a controversial permit scheme, REINFO, for six months. The system allows informal miners to work ...
Peru Votes to Extend Informal Mining Permits for Six More Months
Peru’s Congress voted late on Friday to extend for six months a controversial permit that allows informal mines to operate in ...
Peru Congress extends permit scheme for informal miners
Peru's Congress passed late on Friday passed an extension to a scheme allowing temporary permits to be given to small-scale ...
Peru takes step to extend permit scheme for informal miners
A Peruvian congressional committee on Friday took an initial step to extend a scheme that allows temporary permits to be ...
Peru's small miners block highways, camp outside Congress demanding registry extension
Thousands of small-scale miners in Peru blocked roads and camped outside Congress on Monday to demand extension of a program ...
Peru Congress removes mining minister as small miners snarl roadways
Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...
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Peru's Small Miners Block Highways, Camp Outside Congress Demanding Registry Extension
The program, known as REINFO, started in 2012 and gave workers a temporary permit while they waited to be formalized. REINFO has been extended several times and currently has 85,000 registered ...
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Peru Congress removes mining minister as small miners snarl roadways
Throughout the south, other protesters set up roadblocks. REINFO is currently set to expire on Dec. 31 and Mucho's office last week sent a bill to Congress to set a six-month period after that ...