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Head of MINEM spoke at the United States Decarbonization and Industrial Transition Summit, held in Washington DC.The Minister of Energy and Mines, Romulo Mucho, maintained that Peru plays a very important role in the energy transition, because it has strategic minerals such as copper.
During his presentation on the panel Optimizing Latin Americas opportunity to enable the energy transition of the United States, the minister stated that countries that have these critical minerals become very interesting because, without them, we cannot combat global warming.
Peru is a country very blessed by nature that can provide materials to the United States, remarked Romulo Mucho during his presentation at the United States Decarbonization and Industrial Transition Summit, organized by the financial media Financial Time, which is held in Washington DC.
He explained that South America has almost 75% of lithium reserves and almost 45% of copper, important metals to comply with Net Zero, a commitment assumed by all countries to decarbonize and move further towards the use of renewable energy.
Minister Mucho announced the investment portfolio of 51 mining projects for around US$60,000 million that are in the country.
The sector has the responsibility of promoting the development of all mining and energy projects, as long as they comply with the environmental, social and labor standards required by law, the minister remarked.
The international summit addressed issues such as the challenges of securing critical minerals, resources and technology, highlighting the investments, partnerships, innovations and business models needed to secure the future of clean energy in the United States and beyond.
Our country produces eight critical minerals and we have just discovered lithium (in the rocks) whose project would have between 7 to 6 million tons in reserves, he concluded.
