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AMERICAS POTASH PERU S.A.

Peru mining record: safety sanctions, environmental fines and fatal accidents

RUC (tax ID) 20492357635· On record from Jun 1, 2018 to Nov 28, 2018

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sanction resolutions
A resolution (resolución) is OSINERGMIN's formal written decision closing one sanction case: an order from the regulator, not a court judgment. A single resolution can fine several infractions at once, and it can be appealed to TASTEM, the agency's own appeals tribunal.
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in fines (S/)
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published resolutions 2001-2019
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OEFA environmental cases
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in OEFA fines (UIT)
The UIT (Unidad Impositiva Tributaria) is Peru's tax reference unit, revalued each year. OSINERGMIN states every fine in UIT as well as in soles.
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deaths 2002-2021 (MINEM)
OSINERGMIN safety fines, 2020-2026, obtained by public-records request

No sanction resolution names this company in the 2020-2026 SAIP delivery.

OSINERGMIN published sanctions, 2001-2019

Not on OSINERGMIN's published 2001-2019 sanctions list.

OEFA environmental sanctions, 2017-2023
2867-2018-OEFA/DFAI
Nov 28, 2018 · Unit: Sechura · Piura
Case: 0984-2018-OEFA/DFAI/PAS
Infraction (OEFA's classification) Fine (UIT)
The UIT (Unidad Impositiva Tributaria) is Peru's tax reference unit, revalued each year. OSINERGMIN states every fine in UIT as well as in soles.
Actividades, componentes y/o equipos no declarados
Américas Potash ejecutó un sondaje en una plataforma habilitada en las coordenadas WGS 84 Zona 17 9352598N 542345E; incumpliendo lo establecido en su instrumento de Gestión Ambiental .
Eficacia de la fiscalización
Américas Potash no comunicó previamente al OEFA el inicio de sus actividades de exploración minera del proyecto “Sechura”.
Actividades, componentes y/o equipos no declarados
Américas Potash reubicó plataformas Plat-07 y Plat-13, a más de 50 metros de la ubicación aprobada en la DIA Sechura ; incumpliendo la normativa ambiental.
1242-2018-OEFA/DFAI
Jun 1, 2018 · Unit: Sechura · Piura
Case: 0095-2018-OEFA/DFAI/PAS
Infraction (OEFA's classification) Fine (UIT)
The UIT (Unidad Impositiva Tributaria) is Peru's tax reference unit, revalued each year. OSINERGMIN states every fine in UIT as well as in soles.
Incumplimientos formales
El administrado no comunicó previamente al OEFA el inicio de sus actividades de exploración minera del proyecto “Sechura-Bayóvar”

From OEFA's environmental infractions register (RUIAS), mining subsector, snapshot cut April 30, 2024. Fines are in UIT, Peru's yearly-revalued tax unit, as OEFA states them; a case can carry several infraction lines and a corrective measure instead of a fine.

Fatal accidents, 2002-2021 (MINEM)

No death attributed to this company in MINEM's 2002-2021 list.