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Cerro de Pasco: The massive mine poisoning an entire city in Peru

Published on: Saturday 11 November 2023

Cerro de Pasco: The massive mine poisoning an entire city in Peru Cerro de Pasco, a city in Peru, has a mining history that dates back almost 400 years to the early Spanish colonial era. In recent decades, the extensive extraction of metals like lead, zinc, and silver has transformed the landscape, with a massive open-pit mine, around 300 meters deep, now overshadowing this city of 80,000 […]



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