The decontamination of the old Soterraña mine, in Lena, will begin at the beginning of the year
European project managers are ready to start fixing mercury to soils, using 20,000 tonnes of slag. Source: La Nueva España Link to the news
The Ministry will invest 59 million in Asturias in 2021 in environmental projects
Source: La Nueva España Link to the news
Green light, after three years of paperwork, to the European project to clean up the La Soterraña mine
Source: La Nueva España Link to the news
La Soterraña is ready to receive the debris that will decontaminate the soil
The construction management is waiting for the last permit to bring to the exploitation the materials that will "fix" the mercury to prevent its expansion. Source: La Nueva España Link to the news
La Soterraña, ready to decontaminate “when everything returns to normal”
Responsible for the European project, with a budget of 1.7 million, completed the conditioning works before the state of alarm. Source: La Nueva España Link to the news
La Soterraña shows its transformation
Source: El Comercio Link to the news
«What is in La Soterraña is poison, normal for the neighbors to worry»
José Peñalver, a former worker at the Lenense mine, warns of the risks of substances such as arsenic in these areas. Fuente: El Comercio Enlace a la noticia
Neighbors fear that the aggregates to clean up La Soterraña are harmful
Associations of Muñon Cimero in Lena demand information from the Consistory on this end and the contaminated plots
The EU will implement the Soterraña plan to decontaminate soils throughout Europe
The Lena mercury mine project starts with an investment of 1.4 million with the aim of recovering 25% of the land
The great laboratory of La Soterraña
The project, which has a budget of 1.4 million, uses corporate waste to contain mercury and arsenic. The University of Oviedo applies a new decontaminating technique in this mine. Source: El Comercio Link to the news
La Soterraña mine, a test bed for the decontamination of mercury and arsenic
La Soterraña mine, a test bed for the decontamination of mercury and arsenic. Source: El Comercio Link to the news
The decontamination of the Soterraña starts with 1.47 million of investment
The project piloted by the University of Oviedo will be executed during the next four years. Source: La Nueva España