Cleaner production techniques in the Peruvian mining sector based on ISO 14001 audits

Samuel Arturo Mongrut Montalván; Sonia Valdivia Mercado

Cleaner production techniques in the Peruvian mining sector based on ISO 14001 audits

Título traducido de la contribución: Técnicas de producción más limpia en el sector minero en el Perú sobre la base de auditorías de la certificación ISO 14001

Samuel Arturo Mongrut Montalván, Sonia Valdivia Mercado

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El sector minero es uno de los de más rápido crecimiento en el Perú y actualmente es responsable de más del 50% de las exportaciones totales peruanas donde más del 30% de la inversión directa extranjera ha sido colocada. Asimismo, es el sector más regulado en el Perú debido a la presión que ejercen diversos grupos de interés. Debido a ello, entre otras razones, muchas empresas mineras decidieron lograr la certi-ficación ISO 14001. Este estudio presenta evidencia a partir de once auditorias ambientales referidas a la norma ISO 14001 y efectuadas a cuatro empresas mineras y siete subcontratistas mineras dedicadas a la labor de exploración, explotación y extracción. Se encontraron desviaciones significativas relacionadas con los controles operativos que conducían a impactos medioambientales negativos. Desafortunadamen-te la respuesta más común a estas desviaciones fue la adopción de tecnologías que buscan remediar el daño ambiental efectuado (end-of-pipe) en lugar de tecnologías de producción mas limpia. Finalmente,algunas tecnologías de producción más limpia son sugeridas para las empresas que operan en el sector minero en el Perú.

Título traducido de la contribución	Técnicas de producción más limpia en el sector minero en el Perú sobre la base de auditorías de la certificación ISO 14001
Idioma original	Inglés
Lugar de publicación	Perú
Estado	Publicada - feb. 2007

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