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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: 546

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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: 353

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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: 233

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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: 195

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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: 202

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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

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