85.520 million litres of toxic spills into the river: the risks of reopening the Aznalcóllar mine

Today marks the 27th anniversary of the rupture of the mud raft of the Boliden mine, in Aznalcóllar (Sevilla), which caused the greatest environmental catastrophe in Andalusia to date, flooding the Guadiamar river basin with more than six million cubic meters of toxic sludge, putting Doñana at risk for extreme pollution. For months much of these toxic sludges were collected and deposited in the so-called Aznalcóllar short, where they remain to d…

This 25th of April marks the 27th anniversary of the environmental disaster in Aznalcóllar, when the rupture of the toxic waste raft of the mine managed by the Swedish company Boliden caused the dumping of more than six million cubic meters of sludge in the basin of the river Guadiamar. The incident seriously affected the environment and put Doñana, one of the most important natural spaces in Europe, in danger of contamination. The sludges were …

Together with Amigas de la Tierra, Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace and WWF, we denounce that the reopening includes the authorization of a toxic discharge of 85.520 million liters to Bajo Guadalquivir, whose environmental and socio-economic impacts on this Area of Special Conservation have not been adequately assessed. Tomorrow, April 25, the 27th anniversary of the rupture of the mud raft of the Boliden mine, in Aznalcóllar (Sevilla), which c…