{"id":3123,"date":"2017-03-31T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T14:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T07:39:47","slug":"barrick-gold-o-noua-deversare-cu-cianuri-la-mina-veladero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/en\/barrick-gold-o-noua-deversare-cu-cianuri-la-mina-veladero\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrick Gold Reports Yet Another Spill From Veladero Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"Canada-based mining company Barrick Gold has recently admitted to\u00a0yet another incident<\/a> involving the Veladero mine. This time, company representatives reported that yesterday a pipe transporting gold and rocks ruptured, spilling its content in the San Juan Province.<\/p>\n

Although this registers at a\u00a0lesser magnitude, this is the third incident the company has had in the last year and a half, and prompting environmental organizations to reiterate their requests to have the government \u2014 \u00a0both at the national or provincial levels\u00a0\u2014 \u00a0to foreclose the mine, arguing the company is violating\u00a0Argentina\u2019s 2010 glacier protection law by operating on\u00a0periglacial ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no more excuses, we demand the Veladero be closed immediately. We are demanding the governments [provincial and nationals] do this, but we will also go to the courts to make it happen,\u201d representative of\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJ\u00e1chal No Se Toca\u201d organization leader Enrique Viale told Infobae.<\/p>\n

In September 2015, the company caused the largest environmental disaster in Argentine history, when it spilled over a million liters of cyanide solution in different rivers of the province that are close to the mine. A year later, Barrick had to suspend its operations in another one of its mines, called Pascual Lama, after admitting to a new spill of toxic water onto land within San Juan. As a result of this, it had to shut down a bi-national tunnel it set up to transport rocks from Chile to Argentina, also due to\u00a0polluting \u201cperi-glacial ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite all of this, the company\u2019s authorities continue to downplay the incidents. In an interview with a TV show from San Juan, the Veladero mine\u2019s General Manager said that \u201cthe only important environmental accident, which was a spill, was the one from 2015 and it had no environmental consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened last year, in contrast, was an extremely minor issue which was handled very poorly by the company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The residents of the J\u00e1chal district, located close to the mine, begged to differ. after the news of the second spill surfaced, thousands of people gathered in the city square to protest against the multinational mining company. After burning car tires and holding banners for an hour, they chased officials and attacked Mayor Mario Vega, who had to seek shelter in a police station.<\/p>\n

Back then, San Juan Governor Sergio\u00a0U\u00f1ac warned the company \u201cwhat you\u2019ve done already is more than enough.\u201d From now on, their performance has to be flawless, and I\u2019ve told them so,\u201d he said. Only time will tell if this is the straw that breaks the camel\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

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#Cyanide<\/a> cut off at Veladero mine following potential #safety<\/a> incident https:\/\/t.co\/4YgQLJcT76<\/a> #mining<\/a> #gold<\/a> #Argentina<\/a> #miningnews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dUe6inQx8S<\/a><\/p>\n

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