📋 Tender Overview
Regions are consolidated as the most solid engines of the countrys economic growthMoquegua, Arequipa, Ancash and Apurimac concentrated 48.5% of mining investment in Peru during the first five months of 2025, consolidating itself as strategic poles of mining development and key engines of national economic growth.
According to the Mining Statistine (Bem) of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), these four regions lead the sustained progress of the mining sector, with figures that confirm business confidence and investment dynamism.
Moquegua remained the main destination of mining investment, with US $ 276 million, representing 15.0% of the national total. This result is explained by the activity of companies such as Anglo American Quellaveco, Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. and Southern Peru Copper Corporation, which develop operations in strategic projects in the region.
It is followed by Arequipa, which accumulated US $ 220 million, equivalent to 11.9% of the national total, also registering a growth of 20.2% compared to the same period of 2024. The impulse came mainly from Minera Zafranal S.A.C., which continues its investments in the Administrative Economic Unit CMZ 3.
Third, Ancash, with an investment of US $ 199 million, which represented 10.79% of the national total. Finally, Apurimac reached fourth place with US $ 198 million (equivalent to 10.76%), and stood out for registering an interannual growth of 45.5%, the highest among the main mining regions of the country.
This solid performance was led by Southern Peru Copper Corporation, which continues to consolidate its activities in strategic concessions such as Chanca 5, Chanca 6 and Chanca 7.
Bems results show that Peru advances with a firm step in strengthening its mining industry, with increasingly protagonists in the attraction of investments and in the generation of employment, infrastructure and development opportunities for its populations.
