- The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics of Peru announced on Thursday that the domestic mining and hydrocarbons sector expanded by 17.41% in April 2023 compared to April 2022.
In a press release, INEI said that this improvement was a result of the positive performance in the domestic metallic mining subsector, which increased due to higher production of copper , zinc , lead , iron and silver .INEI added that Peru’s hydrocarbons subsector contracted by 0.34% due to lower extraction of natural gas liquids ; this was partially offset by the increase in extraction of natural gas and crude oil .
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