Production in Peru’s mining sector will fall by at least 15% this year, representing a loss in revenues of up to $5-billion, due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a top mining executive said on Wednesday.
Large-scale mining, which makes up 80% of Peru’s copper production, would not be fully up and running until early June, Victor Gobitz, general manager of mining company Buenaventura , said at a virtual news conference.