Philippine paramilitaries attack Xstrata mine
Filed under: Mine - Tampakan, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - Sagittarius Mines, Operator - Xstrata
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has confirmed that the recent attack on Sagittarius Mines’ Tampakan copper/gold project located on Mindanao, was made by in the New People’s Army, the party’s paramilitary wing.
Sagittarius is a subsidiary of Xstrata and the raid focused on the destruction of buildings at the site.
The CPP’s website currently contains a statement saying that: “the raid … had the singular objective of punishing the giant Swiss mining firm for land grabbing, plunder and environmental destruction in response to a longstanding demand of the people to put a stop to the firm’s operations in the area.”
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