by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network One of Antofagasta’s main claims to fame is the enormous El Mauro tailings dam above the small town of Caimanes in northern Chile, a town of some 1600 people (or 2000 if you include the mining company’s...
Antofagasta Minerals is a mining giant that runs the Pelambres open-cast copper mine in Chile. For almost a decade, the community of Caimanes in northern Chile have argued that the company has deprived them of a vital resource and fundamental human right: water....
Report on the AGM of Antofagasta plc, London, Wednesday 20 May 2015 by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network Antofagasta plc is clearly rattled by the protests and legal challenges around its Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile, because company Chairman...
by Elif Karakartal and Ximena Blanco On Monday 9 March 2015, the Tribunal in the town of Vilos ordered the demolition of the Mauro tailings (toxic waste) dam at the Minera Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile. Minera Los Pelambres is owned by London-listed mining...
Tension continues in Caimanes, Chile, as local people continue protests to try to ensure that Minera Los Pelambres, owned by London-listed Antofagasta plc, complies with a court ruling last October ordering it to restore the natural flow of water in the Pupio valley....
