Peru's economic growth is being reflected by the decreasing unemployment rate in Lima, the national capital. The jobless rate in Lima, the major shareholder of the country's commercial revenue, fell by 1% between 2012 and 2013, according to the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean. 

A Peruvian judge has ruled in favor of the owner of Latin America's biggest gold mine and ordered a family of four to abandon land it says has always been in its possession.

The case has become emblematic for activists who claim multinational mining companies wield overwhelming influence in Peru. 

Peru's government approved the environmental impact study for a US$1.4 billion copper mine known as Tia Maria, the country's Energy and Mines Ministry (MEM) has reported.

A high court in Peru has ordered U.S.-based mining firm The Doe Run Resources Corp. to pay $163 million for its failure to implement adequate environmental measures at its La Oraya site, Agence France-Presse reported. 

Peru's new high commissioner for mining formalization, former army general Augusto Soto Casta�ola has ordered an all-out assault on the 40,000 illegal miners operating in the jungles of Peru.

 Countdown on to Expoalimentaria

Peru is preparing to become the world capital of food on 27-29 August, when the Expoalimentaria trade fair opens its doors to 2,500 international buyers at the Jockey Club Convention Center is Lima.

Visitors will have the opportunity to do business with more than 650 exhibitors from Peru and other countries, who will present the best of their offerings at the event.

Duke University researchers have launched a new study to provide the first large-scale independent assessment of risks to human health and water resources from gas exploration and gold mining in one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.

The study, which began in July, examines risks associated with drilling and mining in and around the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, a protected area in southeastern Peru's remote Madre de Dios region.