26 August 2011

PERU: New Mining Tax Will Raise $1b Annually.

                                       M.PRESS

     A new agreement with mining companies will raise its annual governmental payments...to about $1b.
     Companies currently pay royalties of between 1% and 3%...on sales.
     The new tax will be applied to operating profits...not sales....which please the miners.
     In 2010 miners paid $646m in royalties...a rate of 30%.