Chile sues miners BHP and Antofagasta for environmental damage
Chile launched legal action against the mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle on the grounds of alleged ‘environmental damage’ .
Source: mining-technology.com
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BHP's Chilean copper mine hit with fine for environmental damage
Chile’s environmental regulator has imposed an $8.2m fine on a subsidiary of mining firm BHP for causing ‘irreparable environmental damage’.
Source: mining-technology.com
In Chile, a prickly coalition tries to bring a salt flat back to life
Over the past 27 years, mining for copper by Minera Escondida, a company co-owned by Anglo-Australian mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto, has resulted in a dramatic reduction of water levels in the Punta Negra salt flat in northern Chile, according to public defenders and Indigenous groups. Extraction of water for the company’s mining operations […]
Source: mongabay.com