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Mining activity in Peru has been recovering its indicators in the course of 2020 and in the month of December of last year it has managed to generate 198389 direct jobs helping to boost the national economy and the economic reactivation process that the country undertook reported the Ministry of Energy and Mines Minem. According to the figures recorded in the latest issue of the Mining Statistical Bulletin prepared by the General Directorate for Mining Promotion and Sustainability of Minem the generation of direct employment in mining has increased by 54 since the end of May the month in which operations were most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the last six months the generation of employment in mining has been growing steadily after the reactivation of economic activities which in its first three phases included all strata of mining activity and projects under construction. In any case the stoppage of activities generated by the pandemic caused the average employment figure in 2020 to be 14.9 lower than that registered in 2019. Most of the direct employment in mining was required by contractors and related companies that perform services to the large mining units. Regarding the distribution of mining employment at the national level Arequipa remained in the first position concentrating most of the employment with 24 257 workers followed by Moquegua and Ancash. The main fields that required labor in 2020 are Cerro Verde Quellaveco and Antamina distributed in the three mentioned regions. The report indicates that as of December 2020 a total of 671 mining units operating in Peru are operating metallic and non-metallic resources and in addition there are 322 mining units dedicated to exploration of mining deposits.
