Court to decide on Mina Invierno's blasting suspension
Valdivia's environmental court heard on Monday arguments on blasting at Isla Riesco's Mina Invierno coalmine in Chile's southern Magallanes region. In a press release, the court said it will issue a ruling next week.
Several environmental groups filed a motion to reinstate a precautionary measure that suspended the use of blasting at Mina Invierno. In December, Valdivia's environmental court lifted this precautionary measure.
The groups want the approval revoked because, they said, the paleobotanical aspects of the Loreto formation were not analyzed correctly.
Before the court, they argued that the first blasting at the mine, which occurred on February 8, does not permit to evaluate related risks to the heritage, because only 28% of the quantity approved in the environmental resolution was extracted.
The environmental evaluation service (SEA) countered that the means of monitoring the blasting established in the environmental resolution suffice to guarantee the protection of the paleobotanical and paleontological components.
Mina Invierno said that the results from the first blasting were consistent with expectations, so neither suspension of the approval nor precautionary measure would be justified.
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