PERÚ: RESERVAS MINERASPERU: MINING RESERVES

El Perú cuenta con un enorme potencial minero y geológico. La presencia de la Cordillera de los Andes a lo largo del territorio nacional, constituye su principal fuente de recursos minerales.

A nivel latinoamericano y mundial, es el país que posee una de las mayores reservas metálicas del mundo:

PRODUCTO LATINOAMÉRICA MUNDO

Oro / Gold 1 6

Cobre / Copper 2 3

Plata / Silver 1 1

Zinc / Zinc 1 3

Plomo / Lead 1 4

Estaño / Tin 3 11

Molibdeno / Molybdenum 1 3

Peru has enormous mining and geological potential. The Andes mountain range presence all along the Peruvian territory is Peru´s main source for minerals.

In Latin American and at the global level, Peru is the country that has one of the largest metal reserves in the world:

PRODUCT LATIN AMERICAN WORLDWIDE

PERÚ: RESERVAS MINERASPERU: MINING RESERVES

COBRE / Copper Millones de Toneladas %

Chile 210 29%

Australia 89 12%

Perú 81 11%

México 46 6%

Estados Unidos 35 5%

Rusia 30 4%

China 28 4%

Congo 20 3%

Zambia 20 3%

Canadá 11 2%

Otros países / Other countries 150 21%

720 100%

ORO / Gold Millones de Oz finas %

Australia 295.5 17%

Rusía 248.8 14%

Sudáfrica 186.6 11%

Estados Unidos 93.3 5.3%

Indonesia 93.3 5.3%

Perú 79.5 4.5%

Brasil 74.6 4.2%

Canadá 74.6 4.2%

China 62.2 3.5%

Uzbekistan 52.9 3.0%

Papua Nueva Guinea 46.7 2.6%

México 43.5 2.5%

Ghana 30.8 1.7%

Otros países / Other countries 390.5 22%

1,772.89 100%

ZINC / Zinc %

Australia 63 27.8%

China 40 17.7%

Perú 29 12.6%

México 17 7.5%

Estados Unidos 11 4.9%

Kazakhstan 11 4.9%

India 10 4.4%

Canadá 6 2.5%

Bolivia 4 1.8%

Suecia 3 1.3%

Irlanda 1 0.5%

Otros países / Other countries 32 14.1%

226 100%

PLATA / Silver %

Peru 3,284 19%

Australia 2,768 16%

Poland 2,644 15%

Chile 2,395 14%

China 1,213 7%

Mexico 1,151 6%

United States 778 4%

Bolivia 684 4%

Russia 622 4%

Otros paises / Other countries 2,188 12%

17,729 100%

Millions of fines ounces

Millions of tons

Millones de ToneladasMillions of tons

Millones de Oz finasMillions of fines ounces

TOTAL / World total (rounded)

TOTAL / World total (rounded)

TOTAL / World total (rounded)

TOTAL / World total (rounded)

PLOMO / Lead %

Australia 35,000 40%

China 17,000 19%

Rusía 6,400 7.3%

Perú 6,053 6.9%

México 5,600 6.4%

Estados Unidos 5,000 5.7%

India 2,200 2.5%

Kazakhstan 2,000 2.3%

Bolivia 1,600 1.8%

Polonia 1,600 1.8%

Suecia 1,100 1.3%

Turkía 860 1.0%

Irlandía 600 0.7%

Macedonia 600 0.7%

Irán 540 0.6%

Sudáfrica 300 0.3%

Otros países / Other countries 1,547 2%

TOTAL / World total (rounded) 88,000 100%

ESTAÑO / Tin %

China 1,100 23%

Indonesia 800 17%

Brazil 700 15%

Bolivia 400 9%

Australia 370 8%

Russia 350 7%

Malaysia 250 5%

Thailand 170 4%

Burma 110 2%

Congo (Kinshasa) 110 2%

Peru 105 2%

Vietnam 11 0%

Other countries 225 5%

4,701 100%

MOLIBDENO / Molydenum %

China 8,400 50%

Estados Unidos 2,700 16%

Perú 2,185 13%

Chile 1,800 11%

Canadá 260 2%

Rusia 250 2%

Australia 190 1%

Mongolia 160 1%

Armenia 150 1%

Kazakhstan 130 1%

México 130 1%

Kyrgyzstan 100 1%

Turkía 100 1%

Uzbekistane 60 0%

Iran 43 0%

16,658 100%

Miles de ToneladasThousands of tons

Miles de ToneladasThousands of tons

Miles de ToneladasThousands of tons

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TOTAL / World total (rounded)

TOTAL / World total (rounded)

Fuente: “Mineral Commodity Summaries 2017", US Geological Survey y estadísticas consolidadas del Ministerio de Energía y Minas. Cuadros elaborados por la Dirección de Promoción Minera.Source: "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2017", US Geological Survey, consolidated statistics of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Tables prepared by the Directorate of Mining Promotion.