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2024年8月3日

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Mongabay

Peru: Tía María copper mine could begin operations before the end of the year despite concerns from local communities

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"Tía María copper mine set to open in Peru despite community backlash", 31 July 2024

...After years of delays, officials in Peru said they’re moving forward with the construction of a controversial copper mine despite concerns from local communities that the project could pollute rivers and destroy agriculture.

The Tía María copper mine in Valle del Tambo, in southern Peru, will begin operations before the end of this year, President Dina Boluarte said...

“The population of Valle del Tambo already has an economic activity that works and isn’t polluting and has no risk of contamination, like mining activity does, and that’s what they demand to be respected,” said Jaime Borda, executive secretary of Red Muqui, a network of activist groups supporting communities affected by mining...

In addition to losing the area’s traditional economic activity, residents could lose access to drinking water, potentially forcing them to move away, critics said...

Communities in the valley have been fighting the project for over 15 years. In that time, they say it still hasn’t met all the legal requirements to start operating. It never obtained the “social license” that comes from consulting with residents and receiving their approval to move forward with construction. Operator Southern Copper Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of Grupo México, carried out an environmental impact study, but it’s now over ten years old...

As vice president, Boluarte promised the “definitive closure” of the mine...

Her office didn’t respond to Mongabay’s request for comment.

Southern Copper Corporation didn’t respond to a request for comment for this article. But information published by the company said that the operation won’t use local freshwater sources like the Tambo River or hurt marine life by disposing of brine in the Pacific Ocean...

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