Ariel Moller
So with that title, pamphlets distributed in place on Friday 13 May 2011, warned us about ARATIRI PROJECT.
This booklet, he said "do you know the iron mine project in the open?," ... And the planned deepwater port in Rocha?
ARATIRI , is the first project of iron ore in the open on a large scale that will be installed in Uruguay, together with a pipeline of 230 km . To a deepwater port on the coast of Rocha.
The project has already begun the exploration phase and, if the government authorizes the operation, the international draw Zamin Ferrous 18 million tons of iron ultimately destined for supplying the steel industry in China, India and other countries.
As will be mine
's call mining district, the fishing grounds and possible exploitation, comprises 120,000 hectares in the departments Florida, Durazno, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, centered in the towns of Cerro Chato Valentines and . The area is mainly devoted to livestock production and is more than twice the size of the department of Montevideo. Mining open one of the activities FOR MORE AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT , especially if done in public places and cultivated as it would in Uruguay. More countries prohibited this activity, as recently decided to Costa Rica. European Union and many other countries and regions have banned the open pit mining using cyanide. Aratirí says iron but also seeks to extract other minerals, including gold as it does currently in Minas de Corrales.
To remove the iron, use Aratirí 43,000 tons of explosive, whole mountains will disappear, leaving craters larger than 100 hectares and Menosuno, Las Palmas, in 600 hectares, or 6 kilometers of long by one wide and 400 meters deep.
are thousands and thousands of hectares of land devoted to agricultural activities with hundreds of small and medium producers who have several generations living in the area.
These lands will be lost forever as it completely removes the soil and will migrate its current inhabitants.
around activity is also severely affected by pollution of water sources, destruction of flora and fauna, the giant deposits of rock and sediment discarded ( 70% of the total) the wind-blown dust, besides the noise of explosions, the disappearance of the landscape,. etc.
How would port
How iron is exported? Taking it for a pipe of 60cm. Diameter and 2.30 miles long, which should cut Lavalleja departments and Rocha to the beach called "La Angostura " Km 288 on Route 9, between the resorts of EMERALD AND PUNTA DEL DIABLO .
The pipeline would pass through areas declared World Heritage BIOSPHERE as the Eastern Wetlands and Palmares de Rocha, in its final stretch along Black Lagoon symbols of identity incalculable department and tourist potential for our country, who has declared 'AREA RESERVE TOURIST "by Decree 12,990.
This pipe should be used tens of millions of cubic meters of fresh water per year will be permanently contaminated. To export the iron pier Aratirí projected 2.5 km . ALSO A HUGE SPRING shaped breakwater "T" and will dredge a channel 10 km long to reach the depth requred by the huge ships that intend to use.
Aratirí The project is combined with other proposed deep-water port, 3km. Extension, on the beach of La Angostura , which INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF A POLE AND A CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL THERMOELECTRIC AT THE EDGE OF THE BLACK LAGOON dedicated to the export of raw materials from neighboring countries (grains, minerals, etc..) And to receive shipments of coal, oil and liquefied gas.
Thermal power plants pollute water and air in the area, emit millions of tons of CO2 and other gases blamed for global warming. His ashes litter the sea, sand, and further order of different diseases, as well as the cause of "acid rain ."
These efforts will bring the country much more harm, than good and they are clearly unconstitutional (Article 47 on the preservation of the environment and water as a human right). 17,283 law for the protection of the environment states: "... sustainable development means development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" and later said to be executive branch policy "The distinction of Republic in the context of nations and Natural country from an economic perspective, cultural and social sustainable development. " Therefore, projects are illegal dstos not be sustainable and also attempt to our brand identity to the world, the URUGUAY NATURAL.
P olicy from different parties question the project
Senator Fernandez Huidobro (CAP / L, FA) said an opencast mine with projected dimensions "is already a problem in itself," and also "examples abound" in the world of environmental impacts caused by this activity ( The Daily , 14 / 3 / 11)
Rep. Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou (Smith, National Party) Chairman of the House of Reprentantes, said "We do not bring (the Uruguay) is an open pit mine. Certainly not! (Voices Weekly 3 / 3 / 2011.
Rep. WALTER VERRIER (We Uruguay, Partido Colorado) said that the mining project Aratirí prosper "is definitely cambia'ra and destroy the environment, as has happened in other parts of the world '(p. We Uruguay Web, 15/12 / 2010).
In an outstanding brochure states: "IN THE 200 YEARS OF OUR NATION.
"Do not sell the rich heritage of eastern
the low price of the need" Jose Artigas "
this topic of Aratirí and planned reforms Mining Code is to be vigilant, and have written several notes about it, but continue. hope that our legislators, as did the Deputy Verri, Department of Paysandu, speak out against this type of enterprise where all that matters is to get the iron, not giving any added value and make our country a "country to a country productive catching." If you chose to continue the extraction of iron, it would be appropriate to achieve a "steel industry" century material XXI and not send him to China, India or other destinations for the benefit of international companies in question.
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