Mexico: Zacatecas communities demand reparations from mining companies
Resumo
Data informada: 14 Mar 2023
Localização: México
Empresas
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Penoles - SubsidiaryProjetos
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown)Afetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Pessoas indígenas: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported ) , Comunidade: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported )Temas
Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Acesso à ÁguaTipo de fonte: News outlet
"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...