Editorial

摘要

While Peru is no paradise, the country has made some hard-won social and economic progress in the past few decades, and mining by both domestic and foreign companies has played a central role, bringing in about a third of the country's taxes, with mineral products accounting for more than half of Peru's exports. Peru's leading export is now copper, with 3.4 billion US dollars worth of it produced in 2005. Gold exports come in a close second in value, with half of it coming from the Yanacocha mine. Indeed, Peru is Latin America's largest gold producer and it has risen to fifth place globally, behind only South Africa, the U.S., Australia and China.