"Anglo American in Peru: Extractivism, effects and corporate networks", 13 May 2026

...Anglo American in Peru: extractivism, effects and corporate networks is the result of cooperation between Peruvian and international organisations. Its object is to analyse the Quellaveco mining project, located in Moquegua, southern Peru. It also provides an overview of the socio-environmental problems that are faced in the Moquegua department...

Anglo American’s diversion of the Asana River has resulted in the loss of around 7km of aquatic habitat, irreversibly impacting the local ecosystem...

PM10 (Particulate Matter 10 micrometers or less) and TSP (Total Suspended Particulates) generated by mining activities in Quellaveco caused an increase in copper and molybdenum concentrations in soils, oregano crops, and shrublands...

The report identifies a persistent pattern of environmental and social impact, with several of the agreements reached between Anglo American and Moquegua communities in 2012 remaining unfulfilled. An emblematic case is Agreement 11, which concerns the construction of the Asana River dam, which has not been implemented. 

Communities in Moquegua are asking for Anglo American to fulfil the 26 agreements they have...