Mexico Records Significant Findings in Strategic Minerals
“The Burgos Basin and the north of the country are to Mexico what the Orinoco Belt is to Venezuela,” writes García Fernández.
Mining
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Mexico’s Labor Secretariat Confirms US Company Newmont Violated Workers’ Rights at the Peñasquito Gold Mine
The miners’ union’s fifth USMCA rapid-response case forces Newmont into a neutrality letter and a binational remediation plan after three leaders were fired.
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Mexico’s Environment Secretariat Halts Mining Companies: Demands Environmental Authorization in Protected Areas
The decree takes effect Tuesday and covers even pre-2023 concessions, with Supreme Court backing that holding a concession grants no automatic right to mine.
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Organized Crime Intervention in Mining Sector Under Investigation: Sheinbaum
The president pointed out that those who have proof of such ties should approach the judicial authorities as no formal complaints about threats or crimes have been presented.
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Mining Union Denounces Drug Cartel Intrusion with Support of Transnationals
Mining Union attorney says Canadian and U.S. companies are calling in drug-trafficking mafias to break unions at Peñasquito and Camino Rojo.
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Historic Profit-Sharing of 1.5 Million Pesos for Each Worker at Peñasquito, Mexico’s Second-Largest Mine
Mexico’s Mining Union wins the largest profit-share in the country’s mining history: 1.5 million pesos for each of Peñasquito’s 2,000 workers.
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Guerrero’s Montaña Baja & the Siego of Micro-criminality
The arrival of mining companies in the area represents a benefit for criminal groups that impose fees & extortion to allow the extraction and transport of minerals.
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“Mining companies use organized crime against unions”: Napoleon Gómez Urrutia
The head of Mexico’s National Mining Union said that several mines are replicating the model of Canadian Orla Mining, hiring armed groups to interfere in union votes.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including universal healthcare, day labourers, US imperialism and mining, the Orla mining narco connection, public grocery stores, and the PEMEX oil spill.
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REMA Accuses Zacatecas of Expediting Mining Project Approvals
The Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining believes the government is expediting environmental permits without considering the cumulative impacts in regions that already face overexploitation of aquifers & environmental degradation.
