Conga Project

Conga Project is a gold mining and copper mining project in Cajamarca Region of Northern Peru. It is a project of Minera Yanacocha, a company mainly owned by Newmont Mining Corporation.

History

The Conga Mine is a project of Minera Yanacocha, a company mainly owned by Newmont Mining Corporation and Buenaventura, a Peruvian mining company, and the International Finance Corporation, the private-lending arm of the World Bank.[1]

The Conga Environmental Impact Assessment was originally approved in 2010.[2] It was suspended in November 2011. In April 2012, President Ollanta Humala said, the project needed a number of changes to proceed.[3] Protesters expressed concerns about perceived impacts of the project on the local water supply.[4]

Farmers have protested against the project.[5] Demonstrations ceased after President Ollanta Humala on December 4, 2012 granted the country’s armed forces extra power for 60 days, including the right to make arrests without warrant. [6] Opponents of the project are pointing to risks for ecosystem and water resources.[7] The protests had the result, that several of President Ollanta Humala’s ministers resigned.[8] This was the first crisis of the Humala administration.[9]

In April 2016, Máxima Acuña received the Goldman Environmental Prize for her environmental advocacy.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ben Hallman (12 February 2015). "One Peruvian Woman Is Standing Up To A Gold-Mining Goliath". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newmont-suspends-construction-at-the-conga-project-in-agreement-with-the-government-of-peru-134733728.html
  3. ↑ http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/23/peru-activists-newmont-minas-conga-project-remains-unfeasible/
  4. ↑ http://www.e-mj.com/index.php/news/latin-america/1570-protests-shut-down-conga-project-in-peru.html
  5. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/newmont-says-it-s-too-early-to-say-whether-conga-will-proceed.html
  6. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-28/newmont-says-it-s-too-early-to-say-whether-conga-will-proceed.html
  7. ↑ http://www.infoamazonas.de/2012/04/18/cajamarca-bergbau-gutachter-mahnen-verbesserungen-am-conga-projekt-an.html
  8. ↑ http://www.latinomineria.com/noticias/index_neo_en.php?id=1630
  9. ↑ http://www.latinomineria.com/noticias/index_neo_en.php?id=1630

Coordinates: 6°05′03″S 78°21′42″W / 6.0842°S 78.3616°W / -6.0842; -78.3616

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