Since 2018, the construction of the sodium cyanide production plant owned by US-based The Chemours Company has been suspended in the state of Durango and protests and discussions around restarting the plant are ongoing in 2021.
Chemours was founded in July 2015 as a spin-off from DuPont. Chemours already had the necessary permits required by the state and the federation to build and operate the plant, but these were canceled by the justice system, arguing that the environmental approval process had been deficient and due to potential risks to the community’s health.
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