Guatemala court upholds request to suspend work at huge nickel mine
by Juliette Garside from on (#4KGSK)
Campaigners say full consultation was not carried out before 2014 reopening of European-owned Fenix site
Guatemala's constitutional court has upheld a request from indigenous campaigners to suspend operations at one of the largest nickel mines in Central America, in a battle over the facility's environmental impact.
The court found in favour of an appeal brought by campaigners who claim the ministry of energy and mines failed to carry out a full consultation with local people when it decided, in 2016, to extend the licence for the Fenix mine.
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