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class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChile_sinks_controversial_mining_project_over_environmental_concerns%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/protesters-hold-poster.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/protesters-hold-poster.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Protesters hold posters in Santiago against the Dominga mining project on January 18, 2023.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/protesters-hold-poster.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hold posters in Santiago against the Dominga mining project on January 18, 2023\" title=\"Protesters hold posters in Santiago against the Dominga mining project on January 18, 2023.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Protesters hold posters in Santiago against the Dominga mining project on January 18, 2023.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chile&#8217;s government on Wednesday torpedoed a controversial billion-dollar mining project due to be built near a nature reserve that is home to a rare species of penguin.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>Environmentalists had criticized the proposed open-pit mine and port project in the north of Chile close to the National Humboldt Penguin Reserve due to its potential ecological impact on a unique area known for its natural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>The $2.5 billion project was unanimously rejected by left-wing President Gabriel Boric&#8217;s cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are confident that a robust, traceable, evidence-based (decision) has been adopted here,&#8221; said Maisa Rojas, the environment minister.<\/p>\n<p>The project aimed at extracting millions of tons of iron ore and thousands of tons of copper in an impoverished area of northern Chile around 450 kilometers (280 miles) from Santiago, the capital.<\/p>\n<p>But the area comprises a nature reserve encompassing three islands that are home to 80 percent of the world&#8217;s Humboldt penguins, which are an endangered species, as well as whales, sea lions and the world&#8217;s smallest otter species.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Unique_ecological_value\"><\/span>&#8216;Unique ecological value&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chilean company Andes Iron, which also wanted to build a treatment and deposits plant, a water desalination plant and a port for loading minerals, said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal the decision.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/people-celebrate-after.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/people-celebrate-after.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"People celebrate after the government rejected the Dominga mining project due to its impact on the environment.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/people-celebrate-after.jpg\" alt=\"People celebrate after  the government rejected the Dominga mining project due to its impact on the environment\" title=\"People celebrate after the government rejected the Dominga mining project due to its impact on the environment.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                People celebrate after the government rejected the Dominga mining project due to its impact on the environment.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The port is in a place that has an absolutely unique ecological value,&#8221; said Rojas.<\/p>\n<p>When taking office in March 2022, Boric&#8217;s government had expressed its rejection of the port&#8217;s construction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Dominga project doesn&#8217;t just comply, but exceeds all standards and is aligned with principles established by the government for sustainable industrial and mining projects,&#8221; Andes Iron said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>That was disputed by Matias Asun, the director of Greenpeace Chile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a project that not only does not meet the norms required for approval, but was also pushed by the main groups associated with corruption in our country,&#8221; said Asun.<\/p>\n<p>Right-wing opposition senator Matias Walker branded the decision as political.<\/p>\n<p>Activists, though, applauded the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m defending my home, the place where I live, which is pristine,&#8221; Maud Ferres, an activist who opposed the project and had <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Santiago to hear the decision, told AFP.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/a-chilean-voices-his-p.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/a-chilean-voices-his-p.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Chilean voices his protest to the Dominga mining project in Chile on January 18, 2023.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/a-chilean-voices-his-p.jpg\" alt=\"A Chilean voices his protest to the Dominga mining project in Chile on January 18, 2023\" title=\"A Chilean voices his protest to the Dominga mining project in Chile on January 18, 2023.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A Chilean voices his protest to the Dominga mining project in Chile on January 18, 2023.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Alexis Sanchez, spokesman for a community association in La Higuera, where the mine would have been, said the project would have provided economic opportunities for the village of 3,700 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is project we want to achieve our development to stop being one of the poorest communes in the country,&#8221; Sanchez told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Had it been approved, the Dominga project would have involved the extraction of 12 million tonnes (tons) of iron ore a year along with 150,000 tonnes of copper, over a 22-year period, making it the biggest such venture in Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Andes Iron promised to create 10,000 direct jobs and 25,000 indirect ones during the construction phase of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Once operational, the company said the mine would have created 1,500 direct jobs and 4,000 indirect ones.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pandora_Papers_scandal\"><\/span>Pandora Papers scandal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Andes Iron&#8217;s Dominga mine project has had a controversial history in Chile.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/protesters-hug-after-l.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/protesters-hug-after-l.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Protesters hug after learning of the Chilean government decision to reject the Dominga mine and port project.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/protesters-hug-after-l.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hug after learning of the Chilean government decision to reject the Dominga mine and port project\" title=\"Protesters hug after learning of the Chilean government decision to reject the Dominga mine and port project.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Protesters hug after learning of the Chilean government decision to reject the Dominga mine and port project.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It first underwent an environmental impact evaluation a decade ago before it was rejected in 2017 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ist government of then-president Michelle Bachelet.<\/p>\n<p>But under her conservative successor Sebastian Pinera, the supreme court ordered a new evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy then turned into a scandal in 2021 when leaked documents known as the Pandora Papers implicated Pinera\u2014then serving his second nonconsecutive term as president\u2014in a seemingly shady deal surrounding the Dominga project.<\/p>\n<p>Dominga was sold through a company owned by Pinera&#8217;s children to a businessman close friend of his for $152 million.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked papers said a large part of the operation was carried out in the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the embarrassing revelations, the Senate voted against impeaching Pinera\u2014it failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to do so\u2014thus sparing him a potential jail sentence of up to five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none 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