Argentina
La Rioja Pushes For a Law to Prohibit Open-Pit Explosion PDF Print E-mail
Argentina - La Rioja
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 18:46
alum_pit_12007/20/2006 - La Rioja, Argentina

CHILECITO - Chilecito- and Famatina-based environmental organizations that oppose a possible open-pit explosion in Famatina mountains prepare a document to be delivered to local and provincial legislators to push for a law that, among other things, would prohibit this type of mining practice.

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Third Meeting of Communities Affected by the Argentinian Mining Industry PDF Print E-mail
Argentina - La Rioja
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 18:43
alamineriadileno_120Almost ten years after the first large scale mining activity - Alumbrera Mining in the province of Catamarca - was put into place in our country, the Network of Communities Affected by the Argentinian Mining Industry makes the following declaration:
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No More Open Sky Mining I PDF Print E-mail
Argentina - La Rioja
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 18:35
camiones10_120La Rioja, Argentina - 09/03/07. Lavaca.org and Argenpress

'Faced with government indifference and multinational ambition, the villagers will answer with more and better democracy'. Due to the pressure, route blocks and mobilization of civic assemblies, the provincial legislature has announced that by law open sky mining will be forbidden, and that this law will be written in consultation. This is truly a triumph worth celebrating.

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