Tavira Tribunal rules in favor of residents and orders company to close quarry

The Tavira Tribunal decided to side with the local residents and condemned the company Miner Blanc Lda. to immediately and permanently close the quarry called "Cerro do Meio". The judicial decision comes following an action brought by local inhabitants against the extractive company's activity. The court considered that the quarry causes impacts incompatible with the continuation of life in the surrounding area. The sentence determines that Miner Blanc Lda. must cease all operations at the quarry immediately and definitively.