📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) trained, in its V Mining Internship, 30 leaders, authorities, leaders and residents, from the provinces of Cotabambas, Espinar and Chumbivilcas located in the regions of Apurimac and Cusco, areas of mining influence and adjacent to the Southern Mining Corridor, whose main mining production is copper.
The event was held in Lima for 5 consecutive days, so the selected interns were transferred from their communities of San Miguel and Andrés Avelino Cáceres, from the Apurimac region; as well as Urinsaya, Huaylla Huaylla and Cancahuani, from the Cusco region.
The Deputy Minister of Mines, Jaime Chávez Riva, closed the training and highlighted the significant participation of Apurimac and Cusco in the national mining activity in the last 10 years, whose contribution has contributed to the economic growth of the country.
"As of July 2023, Apurimac ranked as the fourth producer of copper and molybdenum, and has registered more than 11 thousand jobs, in addition to occupying the ninth place with the highest investment executed, concentrating 4.7% of total investment. Additionally, it has received more than S/328 million for transfers generated by mining activity," he said.
Referring to the Cusco region, Chávez Riva said that, as of July 2023, "it positioned itself as the fifth largest producer of copper and gold, registered more than 10 thousand workers, and has executed more than US $ 97 million in mining investment. As of August 2023, it received more than S/364 million for transfers generated by mining activity," he said.
The deputy minister ratified MINM's commitment to the interns to continue providing this type of training and contribute to their expectations and information needs on the country's mining activity. "We are committed to always being the support so that you can develop, through your representativeness and leadership, initiatives in your communities and associations," he said.
It should be noted that, in this V Mining Internship, 9 important leaders participated, among them, Soledad Checco Taco, Lidia Flores Sapacayo and Mercedes Peña Quispe, neighbors of the Southern Mining Corridor, who agreed that, thanks to this learning, they have strengthened their capacities and knowledge of the different stages of mining activity and, mainly, of the benefits to the population.
They, along with their classmates, received extensive training in topics such as mining activity, legal regulations, social management, environmental management, projects and entrepreneurship, and soft skills, the latter to enhance their interpersonal skills.
Presentations such as "Mining investment in Peru", "Environmental policy and management", "Management of mining environmental liabilities", "Remediation of mining liabilities", "Ideas and formalization of enterprises or small businesses" or "Gender violence and masculinities", were given by specialists from MINEM, PRODUCE, MIMP, AMSAC, INGEMMET, OEFA and ProInversion. Special thanks to the Institute of Higher Education Public Technological "Of the Armed Forces" (IESTPFFAA) for allowing you to visit its facilities.
The General Directorate of Mining Promotion and Sustainability of MINEM, through the Directorate of Sustainability and Mining Articulation, responsible for this event, seeks to sensitize the leaders and leaders of communities in areas with mining influence in all regions of the country.
To date, it registers the participation of 1,729 leaders and leaders of surrounding communities with mining activity in 64 mining internships (virtual and face-to-face), in more than 15 regions nationwide.
