SOTRAMI (Peru)

Fairtrade Certified Mining Cooperative

The SOTRAMI mining cooperative is located in Santa Filomena, a small village in the Atacama desert in southern Peru. In the 1980s, as a result of an economic crisis, the region was increasingly populated by miners who tried their luck prospecting for gold in abandoned mine shafts. 

Important Facts

Fairtrade Certified

~300 Employees

2004: Santa Filomena is Declared a Child Labor Free Zone

2011: First Fairtrade Certified Mine in Peru

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