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Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Issues

Consultation and disclosure

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding inadequate or absent consultation about or disclosure of project information, including project impacts and/or mitigation plans.

Complaints with this Issue: 537

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 345

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Pollution

Description: Complaint raises concerns about releases of pollutants related to the project, including hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals, minerals, metals, pathogens, odors, noise, vibration, radiation, light, and heat.

Complaints with this Issue: 229

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Water

Description: Complaint raises concerns about access to or availability of water. Concerns related to water pollution are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 194

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Sectors

Extractives (oil, gas, mining)

Description: Project relates to the extractive industries, including oil, gas, and mining. Examples may include mines, drilling operations, pipelines, and the associated legal frameworks.

Complaints in this Sector: 201

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Project

Name: Yanacocha

Investments: IFC 4449

Client: Minera Yanacocha S.A.

Support: Loans

Country: Peru

Complaint

IAM: Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO)

ID: peru-yanacocha-02cajamarca

Date Filed: March 1, 2001

Date Closed: March 31, 2006

Status: Closed With Outputs

Description

The Yanacocha Gold Mine began operations in the department of Cajamarca in 1993. Yanacocha, the largest gold mine in South America, comprised of six open pit mines, four leach pads and three processing facilities. In June 2000, a contractor to Minera Yanacocha spilled 151 kg of elemental mercury along a 41 km stretch of road between the mine site and the town of Choropampa. A number of local people, unaware of the nature of the chemical, were exposed and subsequently experienced adverse health effects. In July 2000, CAO oversaw an independent investigation into the spill, which found there were significant discrepancies in the company’s waste management and emergency procedures. In March 2001, the Federation of Rondas Campesinas lodged a complaint with CAO on behalf of local farming communities experiencing adverse social and environmental impacts as a result of mining activities.

Complaint Stages

Filing

March 1, 2001

Filing

Status:

Start Date: March 1, 2001

Registration

Not Undertaken

Registration

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Eligibility

March 1, 2001

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: March 1, 2001

Dispute Resolution

Sept. 1, 2001 -

March 1, 2006

Dispute Resolution

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 1, 2001

End Date: March 1, 2006

Compliance Review

Not Undertaken

Compliance Review

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Case closed in earlier stage, Complaint settled in Dispute Resolution so Compliance Review not offered

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: No

Monitoring

March 1, 2006 -

March 31, 2006

Monitoring

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: March 1, 2006

End Date: March 31, 2006

Closed

March 31, 2006

Timeline

Documents

Name Category Description
Abril 2002 Agreement CAOApril2002Meetingsspanish.pdf
Annual Monitoring Report Summary Eligibility AnnualMonitoringReportPresentation2-06-2006.pdf
April 2002 Agreement CAOApril2002Meetingsenglish.pdf
CAO Exit Report, February 2006 Closing Report CAO Exit Report, February 2006
Enero 2002 Agreement CAOJan2002Meetingsspanish.pdf
Evaluacion de la calidad del agua en Cajamarca, Peru - Informe Anual de Monitoreo 2004-5, Diciembre 2005 Eligibility EvaluaciondelaCalidaddelAgua2004-2005.pdf
Evaluation of Water Quality in Cajamarca, Peru - Annual Monitoring Report 2004-5, December 2005 Eligibility Evaluation of Water Quality in Cajamarca, Peru - Annual Monitoring Report 2004-5, December 2005
Febrero 2003 Agreement CAOFeb2003Meetingsspanish.pdf
Febrero-Marzo 2002 Agreement CAOFebMarch2002Meetingsspanish.pdf
February-March 2002 Agreement CAOFebMarch2002Meetingsenglish.pdf
Independent Investigation into the Mercury Spill of June 2, 2000 in the Vicinity of San Juan, Choropampa and Magdalena, Peru - June 2000 Eligibility Independent Investigation into the Mercury Spill of June 2, 2000 in the Vicinity of San Juan, Choropampa and Magdalena, Peru - June 2000
Informe de Salida, Febrero del 2006 Closing Report ExitReportspanish2-7-06final.pdf
Investigacion del derrame de mercurio del 2 de junio del 2000 en las cercanias de San Juan, Choropampa, y Magdalena, Peru - Julio del 2000 Eligibility mercuriodejunio2000.pdf
January 2002 Agreement CAOJan2002Meetingsenglish.pdf
Julio-Agosto 2002 Agreement CAOJulyAug2002Meetingsspanish.pdf
July-August 2002 Agreement CAOJulyAug2002Meetingsenglish.pdf
Mediation Report, August 2001 Agreement MediationReportAugust200108-01-01.pdf
November 2001 Agreement CAONov2001Meetingsenglish.pdf
Noviembre 2001 Agreement CAONov2001Meetingsspanish.pdf
Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Mesa de dialogo y consenso CAO-Cajamarca, May 2005 Eligibility Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Mesa de dialogo y consenso CAO-Cajamarca, May 2005
September 2001 Agreement CAOSept2001Meetingsenglish.pdf
September-October 2002 Agreement CAOSeptOct2002Meetingsenglish.pdf
Septiembre 2001 Agreement CAOSept2001Meetingsspanish.pdf
Septiembre-Octubre 2002 Agreement CAOSeptOct2002Meetingsspanish.pdf