General Discussion Banter GLN, page-14855

Moin @ all,

not a good development with the court judgement.

Justified or not. As a result, paradoxically, the defendant Arcadium, which is held responsible by the indigenous community Atacameños del Altiplano, the plaintiff, for the drying up of the river, benefits from the judgement.Arcadium can continue unaffected, while development projects have to pause.

However, there is already resistance in the mining industry.In fact, I find it remarkable that the court did not bother to request existing reports before making its decision. After all, the lawsuit has been ongoing since 2021.Somewhat surprisingly for me, environmental reports will/can be presented as early as next week.


https://mineriasustentable.com.ar/contenido/10551/el-sector-minero-critico-el-fallo-de-la-corte-que-ordeno-detener-la-explotacion-

In the talk, the provincial authority informed the representatives of the mining sector that next week environmental reports will be presented to the court to respond to the order to “carry out a cumulative and comprehensive environmental impact study of the development of mining activity (lithium ), which should address the accumulated environmental impact on the Los Patos River – Salar del Hombre Muerto - Dpto. Antofagasta de la Sierra” addressed to the Ministry of Mining.

At this point, it was mentioned that the Court never requested or resorted to the existing information/studies on environmental matters on the Salar del Hombre Muerto.