Canada: Advocacy groups call for environmental assessment for Copper Mountain Mine extension
摘要
日期: 2023年6月10日
地點: 加拿大
企業
Hudbay Minerals - Parent Company項目
Cooper Mountain Mine受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
原住民: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
Water pollution , 影響評估 , Violation of environmental safety standards回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: Press release
"Pressure builds on ‘B.C.’ to review mine expansion that syilx communities say threatens the Similkameen River" 6 October 2023
The Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB) and Upper Similkameen Indian Band (USIB) have both called for a full environmental assessment of the Copper Mountain Mine’s extension project in letters to the province in June and July, respectively. A formal request for this assessment from LSIB is currently under review.
Twenty-two environmental groups on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border — including the Wilderness Committee, David Suzuki Foundation, Okanogan Highlands Alliance and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust — are now putting their weight behind this call...
The Copper Mountain Mine has been in operation along the Similkameen River south of “Princeton” since 1972. The proposed New Ingerbelle Extension, which the Copper Mountain Mine (BC) Ltd. applied for in 2019, would expand the existing New Ingerbelle Pit and associated infrastructure by 298 hectares...