Mining or industrial activity? The Legal Qualification of the Cement Manufacturing Process and the Bet for a Certain Normative Framework that Clarifies the Competences of the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Production
Mining or industrial activity? This is not only an ancient question in Peruvian mining sector but a key issue for domestic and foreign private investment on cement. Since few years ago, cement manufacturing process has been being qualified and regulated by the Peruvian Mining Authority as a mining b...
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Derecho & Sociedad
2015
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/12489/13050 http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119087 |
| Summary: | Mining or industrial activity? This is not only an ancient question in Peruvian mining sector but a key issue for domestic and foreign private investment on cement. Since few years ago, cement manufacturing process has been being qualified and regulated by the Peruvian Mining Authority as a mining benefit process which implies the obligation to obtain a benefit mining concession previously. However, upon a review of the technical process aspects, the legal framework in force and a recent judgment enacted by the Constitutional Court of Peru regarding this topic, the position traditionally assumed by the Ministry of Energy and Miningcould be reconsidered. === ¿Es actividad minera o industrial? Ésta no es solo una antigua interrogante en el sector minero peruano sino una cuestión clave para la inversión privada local y extranjera del rubro cementero. Desde hace algunos años, la producción de cemento ha venido siendo calificada y regulada por la autoridad minera como beneficio minero, lo cual importa la obligación del titular de obtener previamente a la ejecución de la misma una concesión de beneficio. Sin embargo, a partir de una revisión de los aspectos técnicos del proceso, el marco normativo vigente y un reciente pronunciamiento del Tribunal Constitucional en relación a este tema, la tradicional posición adoptada por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas podría ser repensada. |
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