Motto:   Mining in Perú

- is a locomotive for the economy -
but without rails

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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between railways and trains:

Railroads, railways, ways, tracks, roads and motorways are all infrastructure, and therefore property of the society - of the citizens
Trains are property of the carriers, the transport-companies (just as cars on the roads)
On a railway for mines can run any type of trains, inclusive passenger trains and common cargo trains - together with the heavy material from the mines   Link: many Trains

FEASIBILITY:

A railroad for mines hold its own feasibility by the flow from the mines paying for their transit
And the mines need a railway to create their flow - Because without flow there is no business
But the mines can't build railways, because they doesn't have any rights nor responsability outside the border of their concession - and they can't expropriate nothing.
Therefore it is the society as have the initiative
If there is no flow garantized by the mines, the people along the route need to create a flow, as can make the railway line economical practicable.
If they can't create sufficient flow (cargo and/or passsengers) as can pay, the people need to give up and leave their railway
- that is what happened with the Central Railway in Peru (FCA) - leaving transport of passengers

Financial MECHANISMS:

Any Local, Regional or National government (MEF) can borrow some Giga-Dollares from World Bank or IDB - or from any bank
The mines can GARANTIZE this loans with the purpose to lower the rent - the don't need to invest directly
The bill as the mines have to pay for tons x kilometers transported over rails is what will reimburse (x años) the loan - and free the mines for their commitment of guarantee
MORTGAGE is a financial tool directed at REAL ESTATE already build
The key concept is to replace a personal bank guarantee for the construction works with a more permanent guarantee on basis of the same real estate just build

TIME plan for a speedy project

We need 1 year for research, to look for and choose a model for a railway and then to transfer the technology
We need 3-4 years to organize and construct physically the rails - inclisive the expropriations

The quickest PROCEDURE is:

COSTS for the railroad for Las Bambas is considered to some Giga-Dollars

To compare:

Perú is a mine country by excelence. They export Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Phosphate etc etc
The value of the exportation of metalic mineral is over 50 Giga-Dollares a year
- that is a value as is equal to several railways to Las Bambas

Mining transport

If Peru want to construct just NOW

Railroads as a social work

ATTENTION (warning):

Any human activity has an impact - too on the nature
The following pages will walk around and explain the many aspects of the proposed rail project.

The undefined invoice

We have not been able to define a fixed price for the construction, because nobody has made any decisions about where, how and who - or how long, what size etc.
We have given an indication of the amount of money needed as an estimated lump sum like "some GigaDollars" and that's it.
But we have proposed a coordination with the owners of the mines to obtain a more economical BANK GUARANTEE for the financing of the construction, and we have expressed the proposal to establish a Mortgage system for real estate - useful too for the railway when build.

The World will move for money

Without enough money we can't do much, but like any project: results will only be achieved by organization .
Therefore the first recommendation is to CREATE an AUTONOMOUS AUTHORITY - an ENAFER - with the task to organize and build - and after then manage the railways of Peru.

The impacts

We talk about the economic impact but also the social impact and the ecological and climate impact
However. We recommend starting the project for social reasons - NOW -
Because Peru is in a strong economic depression due to the exaggerated blocking of activities in the time of Covid.
But the company will get a good price-utility ratio because mining railways are very feasible

No trains - only rails

We have removed rolling stock from public investments because it is 100% imported stuff and has no economic impact on the population.
Rolling Stock is the obligation of private carriers and transport users to buy what they need, just as they do with their cars on public roads.

Production and regeneration of energy

Off Hydropower plants we have many in the Andes.
By passing 1 million tons of water to a turbine, certain electrical energy can be generated - thus by downloading an equivalent million of mineral theoretically and scientifically we can generate the same amounts of electrical energy. That we know.
There will be loss in energy transformations, that is all we know, because in this we have very little experience.
But in all circumstances we have the option of generating and regenerating energy - and that is what is important

We still have the problem to solve: How would be the best way to accumulate the generated energy?
By batteries in the locomotive - or in a hydraulic reservoir of the hydro-electric network? ??