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14 Mär 2023

Mexico: Zacatecas communities demand reparations from mining companies

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"They demand that mining companies repair damage to communities in Zacatecas" March 14, 2023

Zacatecas, Zac. Community representatives from the municipalities of Mazapil, Morelos and Chalchihuites pointed out that the mining companies that carry out exploration and exploitation operations of gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead deposits in the state of Zacatecas have only left desolation, affecting agricultural activities. , contamination and overexploitation of aquifers; also “the promise of bringing us development, which we have never seen”…

Sergio Vázquez Luján, president of the Morelos ejido, pointed out that the Francisco I. Madero mine, of Grupo Peñoles – one of the main zinc producers in the country, although it is currently in “technical stoppage”, has caused a severe impact on the agricultural activities throughout the town as it also dried up the water tables...