According to a report on the BNAmericas website, Anglo American, a London-based company, is preparing to invest US$25.7 million to expand its Quellaveco copper mine in the Moquegua region of Peru.
The company has submitted its 13th technical report supporting this work to the environmental certification authority (Senace). It is expected that these modifications will have limited environmental and social impacts, and the assessment will take three to four months.
This report was prepared by the consulting firm Insideo.
The report indicates that Anglo American has proposed five modifications, with the work to be completed from 2025 to 2027:
1. Optimization of mine access: Engineering work near the waste dump (DME);
2. Construction of a water management system (drive lines, reservoirs, channels, and check dams);
3. Increasing ore handling capacity from 140 million mt/year to 150 million mt/year;
4. Drilling to confirm new reserves;
5. Adjustments to the environmental monitoring plan.
Among these, the exploration will take the longest time, while other work needs to be completed in the first half of 2026, the report said. This work will require 111 temporary workers.
In Q1, Quellaveco produced 79,900 mt of copper, compared to 72,000 mt in the same period last year. The production target for the full year of 2025 is 310,000-340,000 mt.
