According to media reports, the American company Livent has several complaints about ecological and economic irregularities affecting the region.
Now San Juan The Ministry of Mines of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, is investigating the spill of 20,000 liters of acid caused by the overturning of a truck belonging to the company Minera del Altiplano SALivent, which operates the Project Fénix mine in Salar del Hombre Muerto, department of Antofagasta de la Sierra, in the northwest of the country.
Based on the information received on the spot, the Provincial Directorate of Environmental Management in Minas Gerais has issued an administrative summary entitled “Environmental Management Summary: Environmental incident involving FMF tanker truck overturning, Minera del Altiplano SA company, Antofagasta de la Sierra and noncompliance with the environmental regulations in force in Minas Gerais”, to collect the necessary information in the context of the investigation of what happened.
This is the company Livent Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia in the United States, which has been operating the Fénix project since 1996. Its annual production is estimated to be 16,000 tons, which is exported to industrial plants the company owns in North America and China.
The mining company said the traffic accident happened around 9:30 p.m., two kilometers from Los Hornos Police Station. A Scania tanker en route from Campo Quijano to the Fénix project overturned on site due to road conditions and heavy rainfall in the region.
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According to the ministry, the applicable sanctions provide for measures ranging from a fine to a suspension, ban or professional ban. Catamarca Mines Minister Marcelo Murúa said authorities were already taking steps to investigate the company’s response.
“According to photo documentation, the vehicle overturned and spilled dangerous substances. It carried acid and how it behaved at the time has yet to be investigated as an action protocol is foreseen for this type of eventuality. It is up to us as a controller to closely monitor whether all the steps set out in this protocol are being followed.”
According to media reports, the American company Livent has several complaints about ecological and economic irregularities affecting the region.
Videos filmed by company employees circulated on social media, showing polluting chemicals both in the soil and in the air at the factory. Some images at the mine show vicuñas eating the company’s dumped waste, as well as toxic waste dumps that would not comply with environmental regulations.
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