Abantu bomthonyama abahlala kufutshane neflethi yetyuwa yase-Atacama yaseChile bacele abasemagunyeni ukuba bamise iimvume zokusebenza ze-lithium miner SQM okanye banciphise kabukhali ukusebenza kwayo de ingenise isicwangciso sokuthobela indalo esamkelekileyo kubalawuli, ngokutsho kwefayile ejongwe yiReuters.
Umlawuli wendalo we-SMA waseChile kwi-2016 uhlawulise i-SQM ngokugqithiswa kwe-lithium-rich brine esuka kwi-Salar de Atacama ityuwa flat, ebangela ukuba inkampani iphuhlise isicwangciso se-25 yezigidi zeedola ukubuyisela imisebenzi yayo ekuthotyelweni.Abasemagunyeni basivumile eso sicwangciso ngo-2019 kodwa basirhoxisa isigqibo sabo ngo-2020, beshiya inkampani ukuba iqale kwakhona ukusuka ekuqaleni kwisicwangciso esinokuba namandla.
Loo nkqubo eqhubekayo iye yashiya indawo ebuthathaka yetyuwa yasentlango kwi-limbo kwaye ingakhuselekanga njengoko i-SQM iqhubeka nokusebenza, ngokweleta evela kwi-Atacama Indigenous Council (CPA) engeniswe kubalawuli kwiveki ephelileyo.Kwifayile, ibhunga lemveli lathi i-ecosystem "isengozini rhoqo" kwaye yacela "ukunqunyanyiswa okwethutyana" kwemvume yokusingqongileyo ye-SQM okanye, apho kufanelekileyo, "ukunciphisa ukutsalwa kwamanzi anetyuwa kunye namanzi acocekileyo kwiSalar de Atacama."
"Isicelo sethu singxamisekile kwaye ... ngokusekwe kwimeko yokuba sesichengeni kokusingqongileyo kweSalar de Atacama," utshilo umongameli webhunga uManuel Salvatierra kule leta.
I-SQM, umvelisi we-2 we-lithium wehlabathi, uxelele iReuters kwingxelo ukuba yayiqhubela phambili ngesicwangciso esitsha sokuthotyelwa kunye nokubandakanya utshintsho olucelwe ngumlawuli kuxwebhu oluyilwayo olungeniswe ngo-Oktobha 2020.
“Le yinxalenye eqhelekileyo yenkqubo, ke sisebenza kwimigqaliselo, esinethemba lokuyiveza kule nyanga,” yatsho inkampani.
Ummandla we-Atacama, ikhaya le-SQM kunye nokhuphiswano oluphezulu u-Albemarle, ubonelela malunga nekota ye-lithium yehlabathi, isithako esibalulekileyo kwiibhetri ezenza amandla eeselfowuni kunye nezithuthi zombane.
Abenzi be-Automakers, abantu bomthonyama kunye nama-activists, nangona kunjalo, baye banyusa ukukhathazeka kwiminyaka yamuva malunga nefuthe lokusingqongileyo lokuveliswa kwe-lithium eChile.
I-SQM, edibanisa imveliso eChile ukuhlangabezana nemfuno ekhulayo ngokukhawuleza, kunyaka ophelileyo ibhengeze isicwangciso sokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kunye ne-brine kwimisebenzi yayo ye-Atacama.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-14-2021