IFC INVESTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINES
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHINK of Latin American mines, and political and industrial
relations instability springs to mind. Pictures of poncho'd Bolivian Amerindians demonstrating against poor conditions,
hurling rocks at robocops armed to the teeth....The truth is that the mining industry often gets a bad rap in Latin America and, to be honest, it has often been run poorly, especially in environmental terms. Pollution, denuded water supplies, cyanide spills, mudslides, they have all been caused by poor environmental management in Latin American mines, but times are ...
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