Chile: Overview of concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine

Environmental Impacts

Visible: Desertification/Drought, Food insecurity (crop damage), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems, Reduced ecological / hydrological connectivity
Potential: Soil contamination, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Mine tailing spills

Socio-economical Impacts

Visible: Displacement, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures
Potential: Increase in Corruption/Co-optation of different actors, Militarization and increased police presence, Violations of human rights

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Chile: Concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine

Chile: Overview of concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine

التاريخ:

3 سبتمبر 2019

نوع المحتوى:

المقال

اللغات المتاحة: English
BHP Billiton did not respond

التاريخ:

3 سبتمبر 2019

نوع المحتوى:

رد الشركة

اللغات المتاحة: English

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BHP lawsuit (re Cerro Colorado copper mine, Chile)

Chile: Environmental Court modifies its order to BHP and allows it to extract 54 liters of water per second for its Cerro Colorado mining project

التاريخ:

21 سبتمبر 2021

نوع المحتوى:

المقال

اللغات المتاحة: English
Chile: Union negotiates new contract, ends strike threat at BHP's Cerro Colorado copper mine

التاريخ:

12 سبتمبر 2021

نوع المحتوى:

المقال

اللغات المتاحة: English
Chile: Court determines that BHP’s Cerro Colorado mine must start again from scratch on an environmental plan for a key mine maintenance project

التاريخ:

16 يوليو 2021

نوع المحتوى:

المقال

اللغات المتاحة: English
Chile: Overview of concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine

التاريخ:

3 سبتمبر 2019

نوع المحتوى:

المقال

اللغات المتاحة: English

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Chile: Overview of concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine

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Chile: Concerns around social & environmental impacts re BHP Billiton's Cerro Colorado mine