Mexico firm to compensate over toxic spill
Mining company to set up $151m trust fund to pay for damages related to one of country’s worst environmental disasters.
Published On 12 Sep 2014
A mining company in Mexico has agreed to a multi-million-dollar compensation payout for causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters in history.
Grupo Mexico said it will set up a $151m trust fund to pay for damages after one of its mines spilled acid-laced copper sulphate and heavy metals into two rivers in northern Mexico, affecting at least 24,000 people.
Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney reports from Mexico City.
Source: Al Jazeera