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Company: ASARCO
Current Parent Company: Grupo Mexico
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: July 1, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Resurrection/Newmont USA agreed to pay $10.5 million in settlement of alleged natural resource damages in California Gulch, where mining contaminated the environment with zinc, lead, cadmium and arsenic. Joint venture partner ASARCO agreed to pay $10 million over the same allegations.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Colorado Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Colorado
Facility City: California Gulch
HQ Country of Current Parent: Mexico
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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