Negative effects of lithium mining on indigenous communities in Chile & Argentina exposed by Washington Post investigation; includes company statements
摘要
日期: 2016年12月19日
地点: 智利
企业
Albemarle - Parent Company项目
Salar de Atacama受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
土著人 , 水的获取回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2016年12月19日
地点: 阿根廷
企业
Minera Exar SA (joint venture of Lithium Americas (44.8%), Ganfeng Lithium (46.7%), and Jujuy Energia y Mineria Sociedad del Estado(8.6%)(JEMSE)) - Parent Company项目
Cauchari-Olaroz - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
土著人 , 信息获取 , 水的获取回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
“Tossed aside in the ‘white gold’ rush: Indigenous people are left poor as tech world takes lithium from under their feet”, 19 December 2016
…[T]he indigenous Atacamas people face a constant struggle…Mining companies have for years been extracting billions of dollars of lithium from the Atacama region in Chile, and now [also]…Argentina…In visits to all six of the indigenous communities…The Post found a striking contrast — faraway companies profiting from mineral riches while the communities that own the land struggle to pay for sewage systems, drinking water and heat for schools…Many…are worried that the lithium plants, which use vast amounts of water, will deepen existing shortages in the region…In response to the complaints, the mining companies…told The Post that they follow environmental regulations and that the lithium boom has yielded benefits for residents. They point to the creation of hundreds of jobs and investments of hundreds of millions of dollars in one of Argentina’s poorest regions…The lithium boom…has divided communities. It has spurred demonstrations and lawsuits…One problem is that the province lacks a formal process for negotiations between indigenous communities and mining companies…
[Refers to Albemarle, Amazon, Apple, ATL, FMC, Foote Mineral, General Motors, LG Chem, LG Electronics, Lithium Americas, Millennial Lithium, Minera Exar, Orocobre, Panasonic, Pulead, Sales de Jujuy, Samsung, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Tesla, Toyota, Toyota Tsusho]