Chile: BHP reaches agreement with a court in environmental remedy caused by its Escondida copper mine due to overdrawing water from the Punta Negra salt flat
要約
Date Reported: 2021年6月2日
場所: チリ
企業
Minera Escondida (joint venture between BHP, Rio Tinto and JECO Corp) - Parent Companyプロジェクト
Escondida - Unknown関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
コミュニティ: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
水へのアクセス , Water pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
“BHP to spend up to $93 mln under Chilean environmental court agreement” - June 2 2021
The lawsuit related to BHP's Escondida copper mine, the world's biggest, and the agreement involves the payment of compensation for environmental damage due to overdrawing water from the Punta Negra salt flat.
The lawsuit had been brought last year by the Chilean state which claimed Escondida had between 1990 and 2017 caused a severe decline in levels of the salt flat’s aquifer, partially or totally caused the loss of wetlands and vegetation and compromised the survival of its fauna.
The First Environmental Court, based in the northern Chilean city of Antofagasta, said on Wednesday it had rubber-stamped what it described as an "unprecedented" agreement that included a total of 19 measures to be taken by the miner.
These measures including technical studies of the salt flat and the drawing up of a management plan to repair damage that will require fresh approval from the environment ministry.