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TORRES CUZCANO, Víctor. Economic Groups and the Mining Bonanza in Peru. Apuntes [online]. 2014, vol.41, n.75, pp.171-210. ISSN 0252-1865.

This paper analyzes the organizational strategies of the five most important national economic groups in the Peruvian mining industry - Buenaventura, Brescia, Volcan, Hochschild, and Milpo - during the first decade of this century, a period characterized by a sustained mining boom resulting from rising international prices of metals and by increased socio-environmental conflicts. In the unprecedented context of the boom, these mining groups strengthened their finances as a result of windfall profits, reformulated their business strategies in response to socio-environmental conflicts, reinforced (with the exception of Milpo Group) their principal characteristic as enterprises under the control and ownership of Peruvian families, and initiated the internationalization of their investments.

Palabras clave : Peru; mining; family business; economic groups; environmental effects.

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