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SOUTH METALLURGICAL RESOURCES, INC

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

RUC (tax ID) 20539709748· On record from Oct 21, 2021 to Oct 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
25.73
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
2441-2021-OEFA/DFAI 25.73 UIT
Oct 21, 2021 · Unit: Wolframfed I · La Libertad
Case: 0446-2019-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.
Adopción de medidas de previsión y control ambiental
El titular minero con cumplió con establecer e implementar medidas de prevención y control a fin de evitar el arrastre de material fino proveniente del botadero de desmonte ubicado en las coordenadas UTM WGS 84 zona 17, N: 9 106 135, E: 828 700, hacia el río Ucumal.
22.57
Excesos de Límites Máximos Permisibles y/o ECAS
El titular minero incumplió los límites máximos permisibles en el efluente ESP-4 ubicado en las coordenadas WGS 84 zona 17, N: 9 105 279, E: 828 930, respecto del parámetro potencial de hidrógeno (pH), Arsénico Total, Plomo Total, Mercurio Total y Hierro Disuelto y en el efluente ESP-5 ubicado en las coordenadas WGS 84 zona 17, N: 9 105 126, E: 828 713, respecto del parámetro Arsénico Total
3.16

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.