Ikomiti yeNdlu yabaMeli yaseMelika ivotele ukubandakanya ulwimi kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olubanzi loxolelwaniso olunokuthi luthintele iRio Tinto Ltd ekwakheniIsisombululo somgodi wobhedueArizona.
Isizwe sakwaSan Carlos Apache kunye nabanye abantu bomthonyama baseMelika bathi lo mgodi uya kutshabalalisa umhlaba ongcwele apho babambe khona imisitho yenkolo.Amagosa anyuliweyo kwiSuperior ekufutshane, eArizona, athi lo mgodi ubalulekile kuqoqosho lwale ngingqi.
I-House Natural Resources Committee ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine isonge uMthetho we-Save Oak Flat kwi-3.5 yetriliyoni yenkcitho yoxolelwaniso.Indlu epheleleyo inokuguqula intshukumo kwaye umthetho ujongene nesiphelo esingaqinisekanga kwi-Senate yase-US.
Ukuba yamkelwe, lo mthetho uyilwayo uya kusirhoxisa isigqibo sowama-2014 sowayesakuba nguMongameli u-Barack Obama kunye neNkongolo ethe yaqalisa inkqubo entsonkothileyo yokunika iRio umhlaba wase-Arizona ophethwe ngurhulumente oqulathe ngaphezulu kwe-40 yeebhiliyoni zeeponti zobhedu ukutshintshiselana nge-acreage engumnini weRio kufutshane.
Owayesakuba ngumongameli uDonald Trump utshintshise umhlabaimvume yokugqibelaNgaphambi kokuba ashiye isikhundla ngoJanuwari, kodwa owangena ezihlangwini zikaJoe Biden wasirhoxisa eso sigqibo, eshiya iprojekthi ikwi-limbo.
Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokugqibela loxolelwaniso kulindeleke ukuba luquke inkxaso-mali yelanga, umoya kunye nezinye iiprojekthi zamandla ahlaziyekayo ezifuna umthamo omkhulu wobhedu.Izithuthi zombane zisebenzisa ubhedu oluphindwe kabini kunezo zineenjini zokutsha zangaphakathi.Umgodi weSigqibo ungazalisa malunga ne-25% yemfuno yobhedu yase-US.
Usodolophu oPhezulu uMila Besich, iDemocrat, uthe le projekthi ibonakala ibambelele "kwindawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo."
“Olu hambo lubonakala luchasene noko urhulumente weBiden azama ukukwenza ukulungisa utshintsho lwemozulu,” utshilo uBesich.Ndiyathemba ukuba iNdlu epheleleyo ayiluvumeli olo lwimi ukuba luhlale kumthetho oyilwayo wokugqibela.
URio uthe uzakuqhubeka uthetha-thethwano noluntu lwasekuhlaleni nezizwe.Umphathi oyiNtloko waseRio uJakob Stausholm uceba ukutyelela eArizona kamva kulo nyaka.
Abameli beSan Carlos Apache kunye neBHP Group Ltd, engumtyalo-mali omncinci kule projekthi, abakwazanga ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza ukuba banike izimvo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-13-2021