…mine construction until environmental, social and economic, and water impact assessments are carried out in compliance with international norms and standards applicable to large scale mining? Mande Norte Project in…
…ecosystem as a whole.(70) In March 2010, the Colombian Constitutional Court ordered a halt to the country’s largest copper mining project, Muriel Mining’s Mandé Norte project, citing lack of proper…
…local communities. Over the past year Muriel Mining’s Mande Norte operations have been vigorously attacked by a number of organisations inside and outside Colombia. So, too, has Rio Tinto’s association…
…five people in the town of Alto Guayabal. Four people were injured, including a 20-day-old baby. See http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/2584. For background on community opposition to the proposed mining project, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Mande+Norte….
…and legal grounds for arguing that there has not been a true and genuine consultation process, and that the Muriel’s exploration has been on sacred land.” Read more at http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/MandeNorte….
