New Toxic Mine Leak in River Water Reported in Sonora State of Mexico Saad Jabri - Business Recorder
go to original September 22, 2014

Associated Press Update: Authorities in northern Mexico have issued a binational alert over contamination that has spilled into the San Pedro River that flows into Arizona.

MEXICO CITY - Civil protection authorities have confirmed new toxic spills in northwestern Mexico, where a massive acid spill from a copper mine contaminated waterways.

Sonora's civil protection union said it "implemented protocols to protect the surrounding Sonora River population, after confirmed reports of toxic spills from the Buenavista del Cobre mine," a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico.

Environmental protection agency PROFEPA said late on Sunday that the spills were triggered by heavy rains from Hurricane Odile, stressing that the level of contamination was not a health hazard.

During an overflight of the mine, civil protection authorities observed the spill spreading to tributaries leading to the Bacanuchi River.

The Buenavista copper mine is one of the biggest in the world, with annual production of 200,000 tonnes.

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