Antamine is one of the largest mines in Peru, it is exploited to open Tajo, measures 2,000 meters long, 1,000 meters wide and 500 meters deep, it is one of the largest producers of copper, zinc, molybdenum and byproducts of Silver and lead. |
Name of conflict: | Antamine Copper Mine, Peru |
Country: | Peru |
State or province: | Ancash |
Location of conflict: | Province of Huari, San Marcos District |
Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
Type of conflict. 1st level: | Mineral Ores and Building Materials Extraction |
Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Tailings from mines Land acquisition conflicts Mineral processing |
Specific commodities: | Copper Silver Lead Zinc Molybdenum |
Project details | At 4300 msnm, one of the ten largest mines in the world in production, in Yanacancha, Open Tajo Mina with operational life 30 years proven and probable reserves 743 million tons of material with a 1.06% copper law, zinc 0.67%, silver 11.7 GR / TON, Molybdenum 0.026% 125 km. Online Straight of the Mine Al Puerto Lobitos in the province of Huarmey through a 304 km hydration. Antamine copper production is driven by the new renewable energy market (1P) and its efficiency in energy conduction (2P). The same orientation is taking one of the shareholders of Antamina, the Empk (3P) |
Project area: | 620. |
Level of Investment for the conflictive project | 3,600,000,000 |
Type of population | Semi-urban |
Affected Population: | 35,000+. |
Start of the conflict: | 2006 |
Company names or state enterprises: | Compania Minera Antamina S.A from Peru - es una empresa constituida en el Peru, cuyos accionistas son cuatro companias mundiales Xstrata Coal from Switzerland - con el 33,75% BHP Billiton (BHP) from United Kingdom Teck Resources Limited (Teck) from Canada - con el 22,5% Teck (Canada) Mitsubishi heavy industries from Japan - con el 10% |
Relevant government actors: | Defender of the People of Peru, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Special Provincial Privalal of Prevention of the Crime of Huaraz, Regional Management of Natural Resources and Environmental Government Management, General Directorate of Environmental Health |
Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Occupational Health Center and Protection of the Environment for Health, (Censopes). This state institution performs the sampling of, blood in the year 2006. National Institute of Health National Human Rights Coordinator CNDDHH |
Intensity | MEDIUM (street protests, visible mobilization) |
Reaction stage | Mobilization for reparations once impacts have been felt |
Groups mobilizing: | Farmers Indigenous groups or traditional communities Local ejos Neighbours/citizens/communities Social movements Ethnically/racially discriminated groups Quechua Communities Fisher people |
Forms of mobilization: | Blockades Community-based participative research (popular epidemiology studies, etc..) Creation of alternative reports/knowledge Involvement of national and international NGOs Lawsuits, court cases, judicial activism Media based activism/alternative media Official complaint letters and petitions Public campaigns Street protest/marches Strikes Arguments for the rights of mother nature Studies of Impacts of Mining in Health |
Environmental Impacts | Visible: Air pollution, Food insecurity (crop damage), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil contamination, Soil erosion, Waste overflow, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Mine tailing spills, Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Groundwater pollution or depletion |
Health Impacts | Visible: Other environmental related diseases, Accidents, Health problems related to alcoholism, prostitution, Occupational disease and accidents Potential: Violence related health impacts (homicides, rape, etc..) |
Other Health impacts | Lead pollination and other heavy metals |
Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Displacement, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place, Social problems (alcoholism, prostitution, etc..) Potential: Increase in Corruption/Co-optation of different actors, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Militarization and increased police presence, Specific impacts on women, Violations of human rights |
Project Status | In operation |
Conflict outcome / response: | Compensation Criminalization of activists Court decision (victory for environmental justice) Migration/displacement Repression Application of existing regulations Unfulfilled Compensation Agreements |
Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | No |
Briefly explain: | The permanent complaints of spills and pollution, both along the mineway, and in the port of Huarmey by the affected villagers, have not received ears from the authorities, in the case of the displaced people who came to a compensation agreement have Denounced that this is not being fulfilled. |
Juridical relevant texts related to the conflict (laws, legislations, EIAs, etc) |
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Other comments: | Investments: US $ 2.3 billion in 2001, for expansion of 38% capacity |
Last update | 08/04/2014 |
Conflict ID: | 797 |
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Pobladores bloquean carretera en cercanías a Antamina
http://prensaancashina.com/wp/2021/07/09/acciones-de-protesta-contra-antamina-en-su-ambito-de-influencia/
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Pobladores de puerto Huarmey protestan contra minera Aatamina
https://prensaancashina.com/wp/2021/10/18/anuncian-paro-en-contra-de-antamina-en-huarmey/
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Comuneros de Santa Cruz de Picchu protestan delante de la mina
https://huaraznoticias.com/antamina-comuneros-de-santa-cruz-de-pichiu-protesta-contra-minera/
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