Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. spent about US$9 million in 2009 in connection with environmental protection measures, compared with US$5.7 million in 2007 and US$7.18 million in 2008.
The Company estimates that capital expenditures needed to comply with environmental regulations will be…
Buenaventura Mining Company Inc.’s total provision for environmental liabilities was US$6,210,000 in 2009, compared with US$7,013,000 in 2008.
Based in Lima, Peru, Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. extracts metals in the form of silver-lead, silver-gold, zinc, and lead- gold-copper concentrates. Gold accounts…
Buenaventura Mining Company Inc.’s partner, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., is party to litigation regarding a June 2000 mercury spill in Choropampa, Peru.
In June 2000, a transport contractor of Yanacocha spilled about 151 kilograms of elemental mercury near the town of Choropampa,…