The Aznalcollar Mine Will Reopen This Summer, Almost Three Decades After the Natural Disaster

The Junta de Andalucía has given the green light to the reopening of the mine of Aznalcóllar (Sevilla) endorsing the project that has been preparing for years the company Minera Los Frailes,...

The Aznalcollar mine will be able to resume its activity from this summer, after the Junta de Andalucía has authorized the exploitation project presented by Minera Los Frailes, the business conglomerate in charge of the activity. This has been confirmed this Friday by the councilor of Industry, Energy and Mines, Jorge Paradela, in that town Seville with its mayor, Juan José Fernández Garrido (IU), a firm defender of its reopening for the economi…

Aznalcóllar will have mine again. The Andalusian government has given the definitive green light to the project of the company Minera Los Frailes to extract minerals in the deposit of this municipality of Seville, a project that plans to invest 450 million to exploit it for 20 years. It is a historical mine that has been without activity since 2001. "The company can already start the work", has assured on the morning of this Friday the councilor…

The Andalusian Regional Government has completed the final steps to allow the Aznalcóllar mine in Seville to operate again, almost three decades after it was closed due to one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Spain. The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines, Jorge Paradela (PP-A), delivered the news directly to the Mayor of Aznalcóllar, Juan José Fernández, informing him of the authorization of the new exploitation project and t…

The councilor of Industry, Energy and Mines of the Junta de Andalucía, Jorge Paradela, visited this Friday the town of Aznalcóllar in Seville to officially inform the mayor, Juan José Fernández, that his department has authorized the new project of exploitation and the plan of restoration of the mine of Los Frailes at the hands of the business alliance promoted by Grupo Mexico and the Andalusian Minorbis. This announcement of the Junta de Andalu…

The Junta de Andalucía has officially authorized the project of exploitation and the plan of restoration of the mine of Aznalcóllar, in the province of Seville. The resolution, signed by the Directorate General of Mines, allows the company Minera Los Frailes to start the work for the reopening of the field, located in the municipality of Seville. With this decision, the administrative process that gives the green light to the restart of the extr…