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The recovery of Lot 88 gas reserves in Peru's Camisea field will contribute to consolidating the National Plan for Productive Diversification and so restore economic growth rates of over 6% in 2015, announced the National Society of Industries (SNI). |
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the acquisition of Gra�a y Asociados, a Lima, Peru-based leader in risk and insurance solutions for individuals and businesses. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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 The Peruvian center macro region has a strong investment pipeline of over US$ 26.84 billion in infrastructure and mining investment-related projects for this year, it has been reported.
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 The Camisea Consortium, led by Argentina-based Pluspetrol, will invest $500 million to explore and develop natural gas blocks in central Peru. The investment will take place during the next two years.
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 Peru has the potential to further develop its hydropower resources estimated at a total 69,445 MW, only 5% of which has been used until now, local energy association SNMPE said, quoted by news agency Andina on Tuesday.
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 Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) has awarded rural electricity transmission concession to local power system operator Empresa de Administracion de Infraestructura Electrica (Adinelsa) to deliver electricity service in the Lima region.
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 Peru's gold and zinc output dropped 20 percent while copper edged up 2.5 percent and silver rose 6.4 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, the energy and mines ministry said on Wednesday.
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Maca, a nutritious and medicinal root cultivated in the Peruvian Andes, is currently the object of a trade fever, in which market prices have risen to stratospheric levels as a result of unprecedented demand. A staple food of the Andean people, maca has been cultivated for over 2000 years in the highlands of both Peru and Bolivia, and is consumed daily by the people of those areas. The plant grows only at very high altitude, and has steadily increased in popularity in the U.S. herbal market since its introduction here in the late 1990s. In more recent years, maca has gained growing market share in Europe and Asia as well. Touted as a super-food, maca sells as a powder for use in foods and blender drinks, and as a concentrated extract in herbal supplements. |
 With President Ollanta Humala constitutionally barred from seeking re-election in 2016, and his wife, popular First Lady Nadine Heredia, barred by law to succeed her husband, Peru's ruling Gana Peru party is looking for a candidate. One name being bandied about recently in the local media is the new Premier, Ana Jara, who has a strong support from Gana Peru's base.
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Luxury cruise tourists visiting Peru's tourist attractions spend on average US$2,000 in one and a half days, announced the country's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
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 Inbound tourism in Peru is expected to post a 7 percent growth by year-end 2014 following a strong picking up speed in the second half of the year, Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry (Mincetur).
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 The Peruvian travel industry is growing steadily thanks to increases in tourists from all over the world. And according to a recent report by Gestion, women are one of the driving forces in the growth of domestic tourism in Peru.
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Peru's Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a bill amending Criminal Code to punish street harassment with the aim to protect children and women.
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Peru snapped an eight-match winless run with a 3-0 friendly win over Panama in Lima on Wednesday.
Coach Pablo Bengoechea blooded only local-based players and it paid a winning dividend as a brace to Carlos Ascues either side of a Christian Ramos goal fired the hosts to victory.
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