Monchique feldspar mining project gets official thumbs down

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Carlos Martins, has given the thumbs down to a proposal by Sifucel Sílicas SA to commence mining at Corte Pequena in the Monchique hills.

In a major victory for local environmental groups, many individuals and the fully supportive Monchique council under mayor Rui André, the environmental impact assessment, written by the applicant, was insufficient to outweigh the enormous ecological and social damage the mining operations were liable to trigger.

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