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COMPAÑIA MINERA VIRGEN DE LA MERCED S.A.C.

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

RUC (tax ID) 20600661010· On record from May 21, 2021 to May 21, 2021

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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/)
S/ is the Peruvian sol, Peru's currency. The gray dollar figures are approximate conversions at S/ 3.35 per US$1 (August 2026).
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published resolutions 2001-2019
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OEFA environmental cases
13.03
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
1202-2021-OEFA/DFAI 13.03 UIT
May 21, 2021 · Unit: Ocros · Ancash
Case: 2970-2018-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.
Compromisos y/o normas ambientales simples
El administrado no realizó la impermeabilización de las pozas de lodos de la plataforma NOCR- 008 y realizó la impermeabilización parcial de una de las pozas de lodos de la plataforma NOCR- 002, incumpliendo lo establecido en su instrumento de gestión ambiental
7.11
Actividades, componentes y/o equipos no declarados
El administrado implementó los accesos hacia las plataformas de perforación NOCR-002, NOCR-007 y NOCR-008 sin contar con bermas y cunetas para el manejo de agua de escorrentía, incumpliendo lo establecido en su instrumento de gestión ambiental
5.92

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.