Chile's supreme court clears path for BHP Billiton project
Chile's supreme court has dismissed an injunction filed by a local indigenous community against BHPBilliton's operational continuity project at its Cerro Colorado mine in northern Tarapacá region (I).
In a unanimous vote, the court ratified a lower court ruling that dismissed the challenge, filed by the Quechua Mamiña Unida community, against the regional environmental service (SEA) for its approval of the US$467mn project in October last year.
The court said in its ruling that SEA's decision to approve the project was not an arbitrary or illegal act, a court statement said.
The project seeks to extend operations at Cerro Colorado through 2023.
Cerro Colorado is part of BHP Pampa Norte division, which also includes the Spence mine. The division mined 126,000t of copper in the first half of BHP's fiscal year 2016.
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