According to the report of the mining promotion division of the ministry of energy and mines, Peru's domestic production of molybdenum increased by 129.63% YoY in June 2010 as compared to the same month, from 791 tonnes of fine in June 2009 to 1,817 tonnes of fine in June 2010.

In January to June 2010 period, the production of molybdenum has been 7,754 tonnes of fine, which means 37.76% increase from what occurred in the same period of 2009 of 5,628 tonnes of fine.