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Tag: copper mine

mine spill mexico
Posted inEnvironment

Impacts to health, livelihood continue 1 year after toxic mine spill in Mexico

by Valeria Fernández November 23, 2015October 27, 2020

On Aug. 6, 2014, nearly 11 million gallons of a copper sulfate acid solution poured into the Bacanuchi and Sonora Rivers from the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine, which is owned by Grupo México. The spill impacted an area almost 200 miles along the Sonora River Basin, which is home to more than 22,000 people.

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