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The Mineral Industry of Peru in 2014

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 TABLE 1
PERU: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity2 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

METALS
Cadmium, metal 357 572 684 695 769
Copper:
Mine output, Cu content thousand metric tons 1,247 r
1,235 r
1,299 r
1,376 r
1,380
Metal:
Smelter 312,968 299,004 290,088 412,966 314,615
Refined, primary:
Electrowon 153,022 140,341 101,174 89,658 83,800
Electrolytic 240,616 227,320 210,119 271,792 263,596
Total 393,638 367,661 311,293 361,450 347,396
Gold:3
Mine kilograms 164,071 r
166,186 r
161,551 r
156,264 r
139,966
Placer do. 18,975 22,490 11,412 15,398 7,867
Total do. 164,084 166,187 172,963 171,662 147,833
Indium do. -- 2,499 11,080 11,000 11,000 e

Iron and steel:

Iron ore and concentrate:
Gross weight thousand metric tons 9,160 10,626 10,132 10,126 10,731
Fe content do. 6,140 7,123 6,792 6,788 7,193
Metal:4
Direct-reduced iron 100 94 98 93 88
Steel:
Crude thousand metric tons 880 877 981 1,069 1,078
Hot-rolled products do. 1,076 926 1,211 1,367 1,372
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content 261,990 230,199 248,659 266,263 278,345
Metal -- -- -- 467 142
Molybdenum, mine output, Mo content 16,963 19,141 16,790 18,140 17,018
Selenium, metal, refined kilograms 59,000 54,000 50,000 e
50,000 e
50,000 e

Silver:
Mine output, Ag content 3,640 3,419 3,481 r
3,606 r
3,779
Metal, refined 156 171 159 163 183
Tin:
Mine output, Sn content 33,848 28,882 26,105 23,688 23,105
Metal 36,451 32,290 24,811 24,181 24,462
Tungsten, metal5 571 439 276 28 77
Zinc:
Mine output, Zn content 1,470,450 1,256,383 1,280,949 1,350,874 1,318,401
Metal 223,112 313,714 319,280 346,362 336,454
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite 52,275 87,848 79,451 52,491 106,071
Boron materials, crude (borates) 292,855 -- 104,072 224,454 239,725
Cement, hydraulice thousand metric tons 8,300 8,500 9,500 10,527 6 10,676 6
Chalk 325,000 322,000 321,711 322,000 e 32,000 e
Clays:
Bentonite 44,266 27,534 22,977 47,743 37,375
Kaolin 16,678 18,169 34,585 32,249 19,964
Common clay 1,120,043 1,021,502 1,098,267 1,291,939 1,273,154
Diatomite 10,500 10,100 93,996 124,917 151,398
Feldspar 3,589 11,645 26,359 22,695 18,019
Gypsum, crude 313,025 481,770 390,705 297,527 543,856
See footnotes at end of table.
 TABLE 1—Continued
PERU: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1

(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity2 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS—Continued
Phosphate rock:
Crude, gross weight thousand metric tons 1,134 8,889 10,346 14,842 10,884
P2O5 content do. 180 r, e
1,380 r, e
1,600 r, e
2,300 r, e
1,690 e

Salt, all types 1,570,000 1,565,000 1,199,585 1,205,435 1,175,157

Stone and sand and gravel:
Stone:
Limestone thousand metric tons 11,528 11,594 16,306 16,650 21,986
Marble -- -- 16,335 225 557
Onyx 823 14,455 3,578 11,873 370
Quartz and quartzite (crushed)e 124,000 124,000 87,481 6 87,500 47,491 6
Slate 315 18,165 33,948 97,630 77,847
Travertine 105,392 126,200 149,202 245,875 394,478
Sand and gravel:
Stone (construction) thousand metric tons 4,613 4,374 5,343 7,227 9,993
Sand do. 1,909 1,070 1,292 891 1,213
Talc 19,767 28,296 31,559 32,899 28,847
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal:
Anthracite, run-of-mine 63,381 76,928 123,771 88,985 97,889
Bituminous, run-of-mine 57,571 105,553 102,587 99,606 131,323
Total 120,952 182,481 226,358 188,591 229,212
Natural gas:
Gross7 million cubic meters 7,238 11,360 11,859 12,192 12,923
Marketed do. 2,251 3,523 3,678 3,800 e
3,800 e

Natural gas liquids8 thousand 42-gallon barrels 30,832 30,354 31,596 38,187 37,767
Petroleum:
Crude8 do. 26,531 25,387 24,396 22,956 25,296
Refinery products:7
Liquefied petroleum gas do. 2,424 2,221 2,196 1,983 2,151
Gasoline, motor do. 15,185 14,037 13,773 12,580 13,349
Jet fuel do. 5,290 5,200 5,851 5,408 5,835
Kerosene do. 80 64 -- -- --
Distillate fuel oil do. 24,606 30,979 28,798 26,414 28,336
Lubricants do. 315 281 250 253 227
Residual fuel oil do. 10,124 9,207 7,104 7,836 8,741
Asphalt do. 1,841 1,436 1,504 1,424 1,710
Total do. 59,865 63,425 59,476 55,898 60,349
e
Estimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. rRevised. do. Ditto. -- Zero.
1
Table includes data available through November 20, 2015.
2
Source: Ministerio de Energía y Minas del Perú, Anuario Minero, 2014.
3
Peru's placer gold production was reported.
4
Source: Worldsteel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2014.
5
Source: Malaga Inc., 2010–2012.
6
Reported figure.
7
Source: Ministerio de Energía y Minas del Perú, Anuario Estadistico de Hidrocarburos, 2014.
8
Source: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, Memoria, 2014.
 TABLE 2
PERU: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2014

(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Annual
Commodity Major operating companies and major equity owners Location of main facilities capacitye
Andalusite Andalucita S.A. (private, 100%) Paita, Piura Region 60
Antimony metric tons Doe Run Perú S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Smelter at La Oroya, Junin Region 700
Bentonite Minera Doña Herminia S.A. Amatape, Piura Region NA
Bismuth metric tons Doe Run Perú S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Refinery at La Oroya, Junín Region 1,000
Cadmiun Votorantim Metais - Cajamarquilla S.A. (Grupo Refinery at Cajamarquilla, Lima Region 700
Votorantim Metais S.A., 99%, and employees, 1%)
Cement Caliza Cementos Inca S.A. (private, 100%) Cajamarquilla plant, Lima Region 400
Do. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (private, 100%) Pacasmayo plant, La Libertad Region 2,900
Do. Cementos Selva S.A. (Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.) Rioja plant, San Martin Region 440
Do. Cementos Sur S.A. (private, 100%) Arequipa plant, Arequipa Region 340
Do. Union Andina de Cementos S.A.A. (private, 100%) Atocongo plant, Lima Region 5,500
Do. do. Condorcocha plant, Junin Region 2,100
Do. Yura S.A. (private, 100%) Yura plant, Arequipa Region 3,000
Copper Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (BHP Billiton Antamina Mine, Ancash Region 400
plc, 33.75%; Glencore Xstrata plc, 33.75%; Teck
Cominco Ltd., 22.5%; Mitsubishi Corp., 10%)
Do. Compañía Minera Condestable S.A. (Southern Peaks Condestable Mine, Lima Region 25
Mining LP, 98.7%)
Do. Compañía Minera Milpo S.A. (Votorantim Metais - El Porvenir Mine, Pasco Region; 40
Cajamarquilla S.A., 49.89%) Cerro Lindo Mine, Ica Region
Do. Doe Run Peru S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Cobriza Mine, Huancavelica Region 20
Do. do. Smelter at La Oroya, Junin Region 70
Do. do. Refinery at La Oroya, Junin Region 80
Do. Empresa Minera Los Quenuales S.A. (Glencore Xstrata plc, Iscaycruz and Yauliyacu Mines, 7
97.6%) Lima Region
Do. Glencore Xstrata plc, 100% Tintaya Mine, Cusco Region 90
Do. Gold Fields La Cima S.A. (Gold Fields Ltd., 99.53%) Cerro Corona Mine, Cajamarca Region 40
Do. Minera Chinalco Perú S.A. [Aluminum Corporation of Toromocho open pit, Morococha 250
China (CHINALCO), 100%] District, Junin Region
Do. Southern Copper Corp. (Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., Cuajone Mine, Moquegua Region; 350
82.3%) Toquepala Mine, Tacna Region
Do. do. Smelter at Ilo, Moquegua Region 360
Do. do. Refinery at Ilo, Moquegua Region 360
Do. Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. (Freeport-McMoRan Cerro Verde Mine, Arequipa Region 300
Copper and Gold Inc., 53.56%; Sumitomo Metal
Mining Co. Ltd., 21%; Compañía
de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., 19.58%; others, 5.86%)
Do. Sociedad Minera El Brocal S.A.A. (private, 100%) Tajo Norte Mine, Pasco Region 30
Gold kilograms Arasi S.A.C. (private 100%) La Rescatada Mine, Lampa, Puno 3,000
Region
Do. do. Aruntani S.A.C. (private, 100%) Tucari Mine, Moquegua Region 5,000
Do. do. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (private, 100%) Orcopampa Mine, Arequipa Region 8,500
and Breapampa Mine, Ayacucho
Region
Do. do. Compañía Minera Aurífera Santa Rosa S.A. (private, 100%) Santa Rosa, Arequipa Region 5,000
Do. do. Compañia Minera Caraveli S.A., 100% Caraveli, Arequipa Region 1,100
Do. do. Compañía Minera Coimolache S.A. (Compañía de Minas Tantahuatay Mine, Hualgayoc, 4,000
Buenaventura S.A.A., 40%; Southern Copper Corp, 44%; Carjamarca Region
ESPRO SAC, 16%)
Do. do. Compañía Minera Poderosa S.A. (private, 100%) Poderosa, La Libertad Region 4,000
Do. do. Consorcio Minero Horizonte S.A. (private, 100%) Parcoy, La Libertad Region 6,000
Do. do. Gold Fields La Cima S.A. (Gold Fields Ltd., 99.53%) Cerro Corona, Cajamarca Region 6,000
Do. do. La Arena S.A. (Rio Alto Mining Ltd., 100%) La Arena Mine, Sanchez Carrión, 6,200
La Libertad Region
Do. do. Minera Aurífera Retamas S.A. (private, 100%) Retamas Mine, La Libertad Region 5,000
See footnotes at end of table.
 TABLE 2—Continued
PERU: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2014

(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Annual
Commodity Major operating companies and major equity owners Location of main facilities capacitye
Gold— kilograms Minera Barrick Misquichilca S.A. (Barrick Gold Corp., Pierina Mine, Ancash Region; 36,000
Continued 100%) Lagunas Norte Mine, La Libertad
Region
Do. do. Minera La Zanja S.R.L. (Compañía de Minas Buenaventura La Zanja Mine, Cajamarca Region 4,000
S.A.A., 53.06%, and Newmont Mining Corp., 46.94%)
Do. do. Minera Yanacocha S.R.L. (Newmont Mining Corp., Yanacocha Mine, Cajamarca Region 130,000
51.35%; Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.,
43.65%; International Finance Corp., 5%)
Iron and steel:
Iron ore Shougang Hierro Perú S.A.A. (Shougang Corp., 100%) Marcona, Ica Region 10,000
Steel Empresa Siderurgica del Peru S.A.A. (Gerdau S.A.) Chimbote, Ancash Region 650
Do. Empresa Laminadora del Pacífico S.A. Pisco, Ica Region 360
(Acero Arequipa S.A., 100%)
Lead Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (private, 100%) Julcani Mine, Huancavelica Region; 50
and Mallay and Uchucchacua, Lima
Region
Do. Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (CMA) (BHP Billiton Antamina Mine, Ancash Region 5
plc, 33.75%; Glencore Xstrata plc, 33.75%; Teck Cominco
Ltd., 22.5%; Mitsubishi Corp., 10%)
Do. Compañía Minera Atacocha S.A. (Grupo Milpo, 88.19%) Atacocha Mine, Pasco Region 15
Do. Compañia Minera Casapalca S.A, (private, 100%) Huarochi, Lima Region 6
Do. Compañía Minera Milpo S.A. (Votorantim Metais - El Porvenir Mine, Pasco Region 33
Cajamarquilla S.A., 49.89%) and Cerro Lindo Mine, Ica Region
Do. Compañía Minera Raura S.A. (private, 100%) Raura, Lima Region 15
Do. Compañía Minera San Ignacio de Morococha S.A. San Vicente Mine, Junin Region 4
(private, 100%)
Do. Compañía Minera Santa Luisa S.A. (private, 100%) Huanzalá Mine, Junin Region 9
Do. Doe Run Peru S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Smelter at La Oroya, Junín Region 150
Do. do. Refinery at La Oroya, Junín Region 125
Do. Empresa Administradora Chungar S.A.C. (Volcan Compañía Animon Mine, Pasco Region 30
Minera S.A.A., 100%)
Do. Empresa Minera Los Quenuales S.A. (Glencore Xstrata plc, Iscaycruz and Yauliyacu Mines, 13
97.6%) Lima Region
Do. Sociedad Minera Corona S.A. (Sierra Metals Inc., 82%) Yauricocha Mine, Yauyos, Lima Region 20
Do. Sociedad Minera El Brocal S.A.A. (Compañía de Minas Tajo Norte Mine, Pasco Region 22
Buenaventura S.A.A., 54.07%)
Do. Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. (private, 100%) Cerro de Pasco Mine, Pasco 48
Region; Andaychagua, Carahuacra,
San Cristobal, and Ticlio Mines,
Junin Region
Molybdenum Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (BHP Billiton plc, 33.75%; Antamina Mine, Huari, Ancash 7
Glencore Xstrata plc, 33.75%; Teck Cominco Ltd., Region
22.5%; Mitsubishi Corp., 10%)
Do. Minera Chinalco Perú S.A. [Aluminum Corporation of Toromocho open pit, Morococha 10
China (CHINALCO), 100%] District, Junin Region
Do. Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. (Freeport-McMoRan Cerro Verde Mine, Arequipa Region 6
Copper and Gold Inc., 53.56%; Sumitomo Metal
Mining Co. Ltd., 21%; Compañía
de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., 19.58%; others, 5.86%)
Do. Southern Copper Corp. (Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de Cuajone Mine, Moquegua Region and 12
C.V., 82.3%) Toquepala Mine, Tacna Region
Natural gas thousand cubic Aguaytia Energy del Peru S.R.L., 100% Block 31–C, Ucayali Region 410
meters per day
Do. do. GMP S.A. (Grupo Graña y Montero, 100%) Block 1, Talara Basin 160
Do. do. Pluspetrol Peru Corp. (Pluspetrol S.A.) Blocks 56 and 88, Ucayali Basin 32,300
 Do. do. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. Block X, Talara Basin 190
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2—Continued
PERU: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2014

(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Annual
Commodity Major operating companies and major equity owners Location of main facilities capacitye
Petroleum:
Crude 42-gallon China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) Block X, Talara Basin 11,600
barrels per day
Do. do. Perenco Peru Petroleum Ltd. (Perenco Group, 50%) Block 67, Marañon Basin 6,000
Do. do. Pluspetrol Norte S.A.(Pluspetrol S.A., 100%) Block 8, Marañon Basin 10,000
Do. do. Pluspetrol Norte S.A.(Pluspetrol S.A., 60%) Block 1–AB, Marañon Basin 15,000
Do. do. Savia Peru S.A, 100% Block Z–2B, Punta Laguna 10,000
Refinery products do. Refinería La Pampilla S.A. (Repsol YPF, 51.03%) La Pampilla refinery, Lima Region 102,000
Do. do. Petroperú S.A. Talara refinery, Piura Region 65,000
Do. do. do. Conchan refinery, Lima Region 15,500
Do. do. do. Iquitos refinery, Loreto Region 12,000
Do. do. do. Pucallpa refinery, Ucayali Region 3,300
Do. do. do. El Milagro refinery, Amazonas 2,000
Region
Do. do. Pluspetrol S.A. Shiviyacu refinery, Loreto Region 5,000
Phosphate rock Compañia Minera Miski Mayo S.A.C. (Vale S.A. 40%; Bayovar Mine, Piura Region 3,900
Mosaic Co., 35%; Mitsui & Co., Ltd., 25%)
Silver metric tons Empresa Minera Los Quenuales S.A. (Glencore Xstrata plc, Izcaycruz and Yauliyacu Mines, Lima 100
97.6%) Region
Do. do. Empresa Administradora Chungar S.A.C. (Volcan Compañía Animon Mine, Pasco Region 200
Minera S.A.A., 100%)
Do. do. Compañía Minera Ares S.A.C. (Holchschild Minig Plc, Arcata Mine, Arequipa Region and 200
100%) Pallancata Mine, Ayacucho Region
Do. do. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (private, 100%) Julcani Mine, Huancavelica Region; 500
Mallay and Uchuacchacua Mines,
Lima Region; Breapampa Mine,
Ayacucho Region; and Orcopampa
Mine, Arequipa Region
Do. do. Minera Chinalco Perú S.A. [Aluminum Corporation of Toromocho open pit, Morococha 100
China (CHINALCO), 100%] District, Junin Region
Do. do. Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. (private, 100%) Cerro de Pasco Mine, Pasco 300
Region; Andaychagua, Carahuacra,
San Cristobal, and Ticlio Mines,
Junin Region
Do. do. Compañía Minera Milpo S.A. (Votorantim Metais - El Porvenir Mine, Pasco 150
Cajamarquilla S.A., 49.89%) Region; Cerro Lindo Mine,
Ica Region
Do. do. Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (BHP Billiton plc, 33.75%; Antamina Mine, Huari, Ancash Region 500
Glencore Xstrata plc, 33.75%; Teck Cominco Ltd.,
22.5%; Mitsubishi Corp., 10%)
Do. do. Pan American Silver Corp., 100% Huaron Mine, Pasco Region 100
Do. do. Pan American Silver Corp., 92.3% Morococha Mine, Junin Region 100
Do. do. Doe Run Perú S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Refinery at La Oroya, Junin Region 1,100
Do. do. Southern Copper Corp. (SPCC) (Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de Ilo smelting and refining, Moquegua 150
C.V., 82.3%) Region
Tellurium metric tons Doe Run Perú S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Refinery at La Oroya 12
Tin do. Minsur S.A. (private 100%) San Rafael Mine and plant, Puno 30,000
Region
Do. do. do. Pisco smelting and refining, Ica Region 45,000
Tungsten do. Malaga Inc. Pasto Bueno, Ancash Region NA
See footnotes at end of table.
 TABLE 2—Continued
PERU: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2014

(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Annual
Commodity Major operating companies and major equity owners Location of main facilities capacitye
Zinc Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (private, 100%) Mallay and Uchuccchacua Mines, 25
Lima Region
Do. Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (CMA) (BHP Billiton Antamina Mine, Ancash Region 300
plc, 33.75%; Glencore Xstrata plc, 33.75%; Teck
Cominco Ltd., 22.5%; Mitsubishi Corp., 10%)
Do. Compañía Minera Atacocha S.A. (Grupo Milpo, 88.19%) Atacocha Mine, Pasco Region 50
Do. Compañia Minera Casapalca S.A, (private, 100%) Huarochi, Lima Region 40
Do. Compañía Minera Milpo S.A. (Votorantim Metais - El Porvenir Mine, Pasco 210
Cajamarquilla S.A., 49.89%) Region; Cerro Lindo Mine, Ica Region
Do. Compañía Minera Raura S.A. (private, 100%) Raura, Lima Region 25
Do. Compañía Minera San Ignacio de Morococha S.A. San Vicente Mine, Junin Region 40
(private, 100%)
Do. Compañía Minera Santa Luisa S.A. (private, 100%) Huanzalá Mine, Junin Region 35
Do. Doe Run Perú S.R.L. (Doe Run Co., 100%) Refinery at La Oroya 50
Do. Empresa Administradora Chungar S.A.C. (Volcan Compañía Animon Mine, Pasco Region 112
Minera S.A.A., 100%)
Do. Empresa Minera Los Quenuales S.A. (Glencore Xstrata plc, Izcaycruz and Yauliyacu Mines, Lima 120
97.6%) Region
Do. Sociedad Minera El Brocal S.A.A. (Compañía de Minas Tajo Norte Mine, Pasco Region 90
Buenaventura S.A.A., 54.07%)
Do. Sociedad Minera Corona S.A. (Sierra Metals Inc., 81.80%) Yauricocha Mine, Lima Region 25
Do. Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. (private, 100%) Cerro de Pasco Mine, Pasco Region; 225
Andaychagua, Carahuacra,
San Cristobal, and Ticlio Mines,
Junin Region
Do. Votorantim Metais - Cajamarquilla S.A. (Grupo Refinery at Cajamarquilla, Lima Region 320
Votorantim Metais S.A., 99%, and employees, 1%)
e
Estimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. Do., do. Ditto. NA Not available.
 TABLE 3
PERU: RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERAL COMMODITIES1

(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)

Commodity Reserves
Coal, all types 1,250,000 e

Copper 81,601
Gold metric tons 2,793
Iron ore 1,156,620
Lead 6,740
Molybdenum 2,590
Natural gas trillion cubic meters 596
Natural gas liquids million barrels 1,016
Petroleum, crude do. 1,045
Phosphate rock 820,000
Salt 100,000 e

Silver metric tons 123,000

Sulfur 150,000 e

Tin 130
Uranium 100 e, 2

Zinc 25,382
e
Estimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
do. Ditto.
1
Proven and probable as of yearend 2013.
2
Recoverable at prices of $100 or less per kilogram of uranium.

Source: Ministerio de Energía y Minas del Perú: Anuario Minero, 2014.