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Jul 30, 2004

Victims of toxic mine tailings file class suit vs. Marcopper

The Manila Times

SOME 105 victims of harmful mine tailings disposal in Calancay Bay in Santa Cruz, Marinduque, have filed a P50-billion class suit against Marcopper Mining Corp. and its Canadian parent company, Placer Dome.

Ronaldo Gutierrez, legal counsel and executive director of the multisectoral group, Upholding Life and Nature (ULAN), said the affected residents are asking the Boac Regional Trial Court to order the mining firm to pay them P15 million for health damages, P10…

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