The government orders the closure of the quarry in QR; Vulcan will contest

From the Editorial Office

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday, May 6, 2022, p. 12

The Mexican government ordered the US construction company Vulcan Materials Company to close operations for the exploitation of a quarry in Quintana Roo, known as Calica, which it claims is damaging the environment. The firm considered that the provision is illegal.

Around 2:00 p.m. (Central Mexico), Mexican government officials unexpectedly presented local employees of Vulcan Materials Company with arbitrary closure orders to immediately cease mining and quarrying operations at its subsidiary Sac Tun. in Quintana Roothe US company reported last night in a statement.

Last Monday, the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reported that his government would take legal action against the subsidiary of Vulcan Materials, which operates in the Riviera Maya area and which he accuses of damaging the environment.

It is going to proceed legally because there is a violation of the laws and it is a tremendous destruction of the environmenthe added.

There will be legal response

In the statement released yesterday, Vulcan Materials said that the order to close its operations will be legally challenged. The company firmly believes that this action by the Mexican government is illegal. The company has the necessary permits to operate and intends to vigorously pursue all available legal avenues to protect its rights and resume normal operations.Held.

Vulcan Materials indicated that it currently has the ability to export inventory available for shipment from the port. In March, he received his three-year routine customs permit, allowing him to continue serving his clients, he added.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it has legally mined limestone in Mexico, on land it owns, for more than 30 years.

Vulcan has the right to maintain full ownership of its properties, owns the limestone reserves therein, and complies and has always complied with Mexican law, including the laws and permits that regulate our operations from which we serve our customers. both in Mexico and abroadHeld.