Hard coup for the government: First Environmental Court orders the Committee of Ministers to re-vote the Dominga project

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In a decision taken this Monday in the framework of the Dominga project case, the Antofagasta Environmental Court decided to reject the payment exception made by the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) and ordered the government to comply incidentally with the judgment handed down on December 9, 2024, which instructed the Committee of Ministers to rule on the claims of the PAC observers against the Environmental Rating Resolution (RCA) No 161…

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Santiago de Chile, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) The Acting Minister of the Environment, Maximiliano Proaño, today reiterated the decision of the Chilean government to appeal the decision of the Antofagasta Environmental Court in favor of the Dominga project, which damages biodiversity. Our task as Ministry is to protect the natural heritage of our country and unique ecosystems in the world such as the Archipelago The post Chilean government will appea…

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The lawyers of Alianza Humboldt described the last decision of the 1st Environmental Court of Antofagasta in the Dominga case as “unpublished” and “illegal”. It states that the rejection by the Committee of Ministers of the mining-port project must be modified, annulling the paragraphs that justify this decision, ordering the Environmental Assessment Service to issue a new resolution within ten days. “Ordering to approve Dominga, the First Envir…

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The mining company Andes Iron, owner of the Dominga project, addressed the determination of the First Environmental Court of Antofagasta that overturned the resolution of the Committee of Ministers and ordered a new vote on the mining-port initiative. Through a statement, the firm stated that the court's decision “shows an unprecedented and serious action on the part of the Committee of Ministers, by refusing to comply with judicial decisions.” …

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The mining company Andes Iron, owner of the Dominga project, addressed the determination of the First Environmental Tribunal of Antofagasta that ordered a new vote on the mining-port initiative.

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Santiago de Chile, 18 Feb (EFE).- A court in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta has accepted the appeal filed by the promoters of the controversial mining project Dominga, which threatens an area of important biodiversity, and has ordered the Committee of Ministers (which had already rejected the authorization) to meet again because of a formal error in the process. According to the ruling issued this Tuesday by the local press, the firs…