Inkundla yaseChile iyalele umgodi wobhedu we-BHP weCerro Colorado ngoLwesine ukuba uyeke ukumpompa amanzi kwi-aquifer ngenxa yeenkxalabo zokusingqongileyo, ngokutsho kweefayile ezibonwe yiReuters.
INkundla yokuQala yokuSingqongileyo efanayo ngoJulayi igwebe ukuba umgodi wobhedu omncinane ngokwentelekiso kwintlango esemantla eChile kufuneka uqale kwakhona ukusuka ekuqaleni kwisicwangciso sokusingqongileyo seprojekthi yolondolozo.
Inkundla ngoLwesine ibize "amanyathelo okhuseleko" abandakanya ukuyekiswa kokutsalwa kwamanzi aphantsi komhlaba kangangeentsuku ezingama-90 kwi-aquifer ekufutshane nomgodi.
Inkundla yathi amanyathelo ayimfuneko ukuthintela iziphumo ezibi ekumpompeni ukuba zibe bukhali ngakumbi.
Abasebenzi basemgodini weCopper kulo lonke elaseChile, abavelisi abaphezulu bentsimbi ebomvu kwihlabathi, baye banyanzelwa kwiminyaka yakutshanje ukuba bafumane enye indlela yokondla amanzi kwimisebenzi yabo njengoko imbalela kunye nokuncipha kwe-aquifer kuthintele izicwangciso zangaphambili.Abaninzi baye bakunciphisa kabukhali ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi acocekileyo elizwekazi okanye baguqukela kwizityalo zokukhupha ityuwa.
I-BHP ithe kwisiteyitimenti ukuba xa inkampani yazisiwe ngokusemthethweni "iya kuvavanya ukuba yeyiphi inyathelo ekufuneka ithathelwe, ngokusekwe kwizixhobo ezinikezelwa sisikhokelo somthetho."
Isigwebo sikaJanuwari seNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseChile savumelana nesikhalazo soluntu lwemveli sokuba inkqubo yophononongo lokusingqongileyo ayiphumelelanga ukuqwalasela iinkxalabo malunga neempembelelo zeprojekthi kubutyebi bendalo, kuquka i-akhwifa yengingqi.
I-Cerro Colorado, umgodi omncinci kwipotifoliyo yaseChile yase-BHP, ivelise malunga ne-1.2% yemveliso yobhedu yaseChile ngo-2020.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-20-2021