I’m looking forward to being back in Peru next week for another story about mining, this time in Cajamarca, on assignment for Stockholm-based Blank Spot Project.
Unlike my previous work on mining in the country, this is not going to be about illegal or artisanal mining, like that pictured above. This will be a story about the world’s 2nd largest open-pit mine, the US-based Newmont Mining Corporation-operated Yanacocha mine, where local Peruvians have been protesting the expansion of the mine for the last several years.
Stay tuned for dispatches from the field.