📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Energy and Mines MINEM reported that last October mining activity generated 92391 direct jobs in the regions that make up the Southern Macroregion according to the figures recorded in the latest edition of the Mining Statistical Bulletin BEM . This jurisdiction includes the regions of Apurmac Arequipa Cusco Madre de Dios Moquegua Puno and Tacna in whose territories the largest mining projects in the country are developed. At the regional level Arequipa maintains the leadership with 30207 direct jobs in mining that represent 12.5 of the national total Moquegua is in second place with 27779 jobs that are equivalent to 11.5 of the registered while Cusco is in third position with 10899 workers which represents 4.5 of total jobs. Puno continues on the list with 8171 direct jobs that are equivalent to 3.4 of the total for the entire country followed by Tacna which registers 7288 mining jobs that represent 3.0 of the total then there is Apurmac with 6606 positions which means 2.7 of the total and finally Madre de Dios with 1441 direct jobs equivalent to 0.6 of the country. The statistical document prepared by the General Directorate for Mining Promotion and Sustainability DGPSM indicates that in the Arequipa and Moquegua regions the highest registered employment corresponds to the companies Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA and Anglo American Quellaveco SA respectively. The figures of the Bulletin also indicate that the average employment generated by the mining activity nationwide in the period from January to October 2021 was 223817 workers which reflected an increase of 26.0 compared to the annual average of 2020 177 692 workers the year in which the subsector was affected by restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to studies carried out by the Peruvian Institute of Economics IPE for each direct job in mining 8 indirect jobs are generated which is why mining works as an important engine of development in the regions.
