▁of ▁Lima . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁company ▁has ▁made ▁major ▁str ides ▁in ▁impro ving ▁their ▁production ▁methods . ▁During ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁ 6 0 . 7 ▁million ▁dollars ▁in ▁environmental ▁capital ▁exp end it ures ▁were ▁spent ▁on ▁the ▁following ▁programs : ▁water ▁recovery ▁systems ▁to ▁con serve ▁water ▁and ▁minim ize ▁impact ▁on ▁nearby ▁streams ; ▁veget ation ▁programs ▁to ▁stabil ize ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁tail ings ▁d umps ; ▁implementation ▁of ▁scr ub bing ▁technology ▁in ▁the ▁mines ▁to ▁reduce ▁dust ▁em issions . ▁For ▁these ▁continued ▁efforts ▁towards ▁sust ain able ▁practices , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁awarded ▁with ▁the ▁F ray ▁International ▁S ust ain ability ▁Award ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁CE O ▁M . ▁Oscar ▁Gonz ale z ▁Ro cha , ▁appeared ▁in ▁Mexico ▁for ▁the ▁S IP S ▁ 2 0 1 4 / She cht man ▁International ▁Sym pos ium ▁to ▁accept ▁this ▁award ▁on ▁the ▁company ' s ▁beh alf . ▁ ▁Major ▁operations ▁The ▁firm ' s ▁operations ▁are ▁primarily ▁within ▁southern ▁Peru ▁and ▁northern ▁Mexico . ▁ ▁Oper ations ▁in ▁southern ▁Peru ▁Southern ▁Per uv ian ▁operations ▁include ▁the ▁mines ▁located ▁at ▁the ▁Cu aj one ▁and ▁To que p ala ▁mines . ▁The ▁two ▁mines ▁produced ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 3 5 9 , 6 5 5 ▁tons ▁of ▁co pper ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁with ▁Cu aj one ▁producing ▁ 1 8 2 ,