Peru to Target Gold Processing Plants to Tackle Illegal Mining

“These are defects that have shown up in the process of decentralization,” Pulgar-Vidal said, adding that he wants the national government to have oversight over the processing plants. “We have to remove these processing plants from the small-scale mining regime.”
Illegal mining moves billions of dollars a year in profits, according to estimates from private-sector economists. It has caused serious environmental damage, especially in parts of the Amazon rainforest, as well as serious social problems and corruption.
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