Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved

Mongabay
Nov 26, 2018, 12:13 pm194 pts
LA HIGUERA, Chile — On Jan. 30, 2015, the Chilean environmental agency granted permission for the construction and operation of the Cruz Grande port in La Higuera, a community in northern Chile’s Coquimbo region. The port, built to handle 13.5 million tons of iron per year in 75 shipments, lies just 29…

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