17/09/2010 | business association reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability / "It is vital to our good understanding, to fully assume a serious debate about the real possibilities of progress that gives our industry, the mining industry, as a real option growth, provided in the context of environmental sustainability and respects the natural and social environment, "said the Group of Mining Companies of Argentina (Gemer) in a statement yesterday in response to" certain allegations against mining in the Central Plateau being undertaken by an external organization to the region. "
In this sense, Gemer considered appropriate "to make some observations that may contribute to a calm and sober assessment of the future of this productive activity."
"We note first, that despite the announcements of the presence of demonstrators identified with a vision of opposition to the development of mining, this move failed to muster the support of local people, and only limited to mobilize from large urban centers to a small number of protesters, "the association said business in his signing statement President, Julio Ríos Gómez, and the delegate in Chubut, Maria Cecilia Astutti.
"Always remember," he added that the Central Plateau region recorded a stagnant or declining population and traditional activities have ensured that do not guarantee a decent standard of living for all people, given that the loss has increased quality of pastures, decreased the flocks of sheep and young people are few options for education and training in various technical and professional activities. "
"We must not fool more people with arguments that, in fact, are completely false, and intended to be generalized to describe a negative to all mining. In the case of the Central Plateau is the specter of shortages of water, consumption of it by the prospecting work, when in fact surveys are providing information about the existence of underground aquifers exist at the date of discovery, which has enhanced the possibilities for its use not only for mining but for all kinds of farming and ranching, "said Gemer.
"With mining and with the seriousness it is working," added the statement "more water and greater opportunities for high-quality agriculture, including export, as is the case of crops of cherries and other products of value to the market domestic and for export. "
Mining entity also considered that "the use of water in the modern mining industry is not competitive with high-quality agriculture, to the contrary, they complement. In modern mining water is used in closed and recycled, which means that does not pollute streams or ground water or leaks or seepage occur. "
Finally, Gemer noted that "this information should be available to all stocks for now is to have a negative impact from an activity such as mining with unsound arguments and do not provide options for economic growth and social improvement of real '.
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