Cases / Mining · Morocco · 2023
Moroccan miner Managem says cobalt mine water is safe amid arsenic claims
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Managem, operator of the Bou Azzer cobalt mine in Morocco, said the mine water was safe after arsenic contamination was alleged. At stake is water quality near the mine, which the sources reviewed do not settle.
What?
Managem said the water at its Bou Azzer cobalt mine was safe, rejecting arsenic contamination claims. Al Arabiya
Where?
Bou Azzer, Morocco. Al Arabiya
When?
Reported on 15 November 2023. Al Arabiya
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Al Arabiya carried the company's denial; the sources reviewed do not describe how any water testing was done. Al Arabiya
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Al Arabiya reported on 15 November 2023 that Managem said the water at its Bou Azzer cobalt mine was safe and denied arsenic contamination.
The arsenic readings reported for the mine are not verified in the sources reviewed.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: arsenic at about 19,000 µg per litre at the mine and about 400 µg per litre seven kilometres away; the company disputes the readings.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not name who took the readings, when, or with what method.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: BMW buys cobalt from Managem; the sources reviewed give no source for this supply link.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe effects on the villages near Bou Azzer.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- مناجم المغربية: مياه منجم الكوبالت آمنة ولا صحة لتلوثها بالزرنيخAl Arabiya · 2023-11-15