Copper Industry Has a New Champion in Worst Mining Nation

  • New Peruvian minister applauded by executives at mining event
  • Still, Kurt Burneo has tough task ahead amid political turmoil
Kurt BurneoSource: Angela Ponce
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Put the cautious optimism on display at Peru’s top mining event down to three main factors: easing pandemic restrictions, copper’s bright longer term outlook and a diminutive sexagenarian economist.

An estimated 50,000 people are doing the rounds at the Perumin show this week in Arequipa, a picturesque yet bustling city surrounded by giant copper deposits.