May 17, 2012
The Constitutional Court of Colombia (CCC) has upheld a 2009 decision on the suspension of the mining project Mande Norte in the Pacific coast of Colombia.
The Muriel Mining Corporation (MMC) was taken to the Colombian Courts by Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Jiguamiandó, Chocó (Northern Colombia) for failing to properly consult with them before its Mandé Norte copper-gold-molybdenum exploration project in the...