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Brazilian state prosecutors want Alcoa’s Juruti mine to stop production

December 17, 2009 - 18:13 GMT Location: São Paulo

KEYWORDS: Alcoa , Brazil , Juruti , bauxite , alumina

Prosecutors from Brazil’s northern state of Pará have filed an action aiming to immediately suspend the licence of Alcoa’s Juruti bauxite mine because of environmental damage caused by the operation

Alcoa has not complied with some environmental requirements and its operations have affected nearby streams through a “disastrous intervention”, according to the public civil action, signed by state prosecutors Lilian Braga and Dully Otakara,. The prosecutors asked that activities be suspended until...

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