Trade and tariff analytics
2026-04-26
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Peru Mining 2026: Copper Supply, Social Conflict, and the Tax Regime Test
Peru sits at the hinge of the global copper market. Las Bambas blockades, a recalibrated royalty regime, and the second-derivative of Chinese demand will decide whether 2.7 million tonnes is a floor or a ceiling for 2026 output.
Peru is the world's second largest copper producer and the marginal swing supplier into a market that the IEA, Wood Mackenzie, and the LME term-structure all describe as structurally tight through 2028. The country's 2026 trajectory hinges on three variables that rarely move in the same direction: mine site stability across the southern c...