Oncapuma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazil's Vale, is facing a new social and environmental controversy, according to BNamericas.
In ngo Finland observation (Finnwatch) published after reports of the mine, Finland steel giant otto kun's (Outokumpu) company will for the non-governmental organizations to disclose the SaBuMa nickel industry companies suspected of deforestation, carter's (Catete) river pollution, and threat when franklin (Xikrin) native tribes lifestyle and other misconduct in the investigation.
Export data obtained by FinlandWatch from the Brazilian government shows that between 2016 and 2019, Otokounmpo's factories in Finland, Sweden and the United States purchased more than 33,000 tons of ferro-nickel from Onszabma.
"Sustainability is at the heart of our business," Ottoman said in a statement.
We take the information we receive from stakeholders seriously and will investigate allegations of misconduct by our material suppliers.
However, Ottokounp is not in a position to release detailed information about individual suppliers."
Vale, which is implementing a sustainability plan, denies any wrongdoing.
Vale said: "the company long-term contact and dialogue with indigenous people, develop productive projects and culture, and to take action in the field of health, including support for dealing with the new epidemic (COVID - 19), reiterated that the company respect the west franklin (Xikrin) and card's (Kayapo), strive to close partnership with the community and trust relationship."
Anzabma Nickel has been Mired in controversy before.
At the end of 2020, Vale, prosecutors and indigenous communities reached a preliminary agreement on compensation for environmental and social damage.
Vale agreed to pay 26 million reais ($4.77 million) to indigenous communities in the area and to help clean up the Katai River.
