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--Burke

Saturday, April 17, 2010

"Gmexico subsidiary SCC has proposed the issuance of up to $1.5 billion in long-term, fixed-rate, senior unsecured notes"

Google Web Alert for: asarco bankruptcy
Research Update: Grupo México, Americas Mining 'BBB-' Corporate ...
Americas Mining Corp. has consummated its bankruptcy plan for Asarco LLC. We are removing our ratings on Gmexico and subsidiaries from CreditWatch and ...
www.alacrastore.com/.../s-and-p-credit-research-Research_Up...

"Gmexico subsidiary SCC has proposed the issuance of up to $1.5 billion in long-term, fixed-rate, senior unsecured notes, with proceeds to be used for financing capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes....The stable outlook on Gmexico and AMC reflects our expectation that, over the next few years, they will continue to report adequate financial metrics, while AMC's debt levels continue to decrease. On April 6, 2010, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BBB-' corporate credit ratings on Mexico-based..."

Friday, April 16, 2010

What Poisons did ASARCO leave in the Paso del Norte Region from the YEARS of secret haz-waste burning??

The International JAC (La Paz Accord) committee passed a resolution asking for chemical testing in this region to determine background contamination amounts.   The community wants full public disclosure of what happened here.  The EPA said to the DOJ that ASARCO had illegally burned secret hazardous wastes for years.  We STILL do not have Dioxin data for this region - or polonium data (two chemicals common to smelters!). 

"AUSTIN, Apr 16, 2010 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --...

Democratic candidate Bill White's campaign released a statement calling on Gov. Rick Perry to intervene in the dispute between Shapleigh and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality....Shapleigh has said the documents could prove that the agency illegally met with Asarco representatives while considering the renewal of the company's air-quality permit."
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/ar_bill-white-joins-shapleigh-presses-for-asarco-files-916248.html


Thursday, April 15, 2010

"BRIEF: Court rules Sen. Shapleigh may see Asarco documents"

"By TMC Net, April 15th, 2010 at 4:12 am - PERMALINK

(El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh is entitled to see certain communications between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Asarco, the state Third Court of Appeals has ruled."
http://admin.news.mining.com/2010/04/15/brief-court-rules-sen-shapleigh-may-see-asarco-documents/

What would be in those documents that the public cannot see?

Sunday, April 11, 2010

"What would you build at Asarco in El Paso?"

"April 6, 2010 ·
Say you had a lot of money and decided to purchase the Asarco Property, what would you do with that opportunity?  ...

UTEP has been in the news recently with word that they are interested in purchasing the Asarco Property.  Even they are not sure what they would do with all of those acres if they came to purchase it in the future. ...

My name is David and I am living El Paso. 

For more info on Asarco on this blog, visit this link to see all articles containing Asarco.  http://livingelpaso.wordpress.com/?s=asarco"

Texas State Senator from El Paso TX (where EPA said ASARCO illegally burned secret Haz-waste for nearly a decade) "Shapleigh: Historic Rewrite of U.S.-Mexico Policies Now Underway"


http://www.riograndeguardian.com/rggnews_story.asp?story_no=25
"Shapleigh: Historic Rewrite of U.S.-Mexico Policies Now Underway"
By Steve Taylor
10-April-2010

"[Shapleigh] bases his analysis on more than 80 hours of meetings he and other members of the Border Legislative Conference had in Mexico City three weeks ago....with Mexico’s attorney general and foreign secretary, Senate leaders, federal agency chiefs and high ranking officials in the U.S. Embassy.... The visit came just before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led the highest ranking delegation of U.S. Cabinet members ever to visit Mexico City [March 23]. Shapleigh noted that three months ago approximately 250 experts from Washington, D.C., and Mexico, D.F., representing a dozen agencies were in Juarez, San Diego, Tijuana and other border communities on an important fact-finding mission."



What about the JAC International-Committee Recommendation to the La Paz Accord group to test for Asarco background contamination in our region?

  • What happened to the JAC International-Committee Recommendation (Paz Accord group) to test for Asarco background contamination in our region? 
  • It is appalling that there is no TCEQ (or EPA) DIOXIN DATA for the communities surrounding this 100 year old custom-smelter which the EPA said illegally burned secret haz-waste for nearly a decade.
  • Why can't the EPA or TCEQ tell the JAC committee what poisons remain in our community from that illegal activity.  Polonium is a common by-product of some types of smelting -- so why can't we get reports showing the amounts of Polonium here?
  • Why are Camino Real Mobility Authority, TXDOT and the City of El Paso planning to build an elevated toll-road over Paisano right by ASARCO --- and over our drinking water supply -- before our Federal State Department ever resolves the 03/2005 State Department's own-observation that the IBWC workers at American Dam (by Asarco and Paisano) are sick and cannot get independent medical review in the region?

ASARCO El Paso/Santa Teresa N.M. area: Senator Shapleigh was in Vietnam

http://www.riograndeguardian.com/rggnews_story.asp?story_no=25
Last Updated: 10 April 2010
Shapleigh: Historic Rewrite of U.S.-Mexico Policies Now Underway

By Steve Taylor

“When 100,000 jobs have left Juarez out of 320,000, what you have is an erosion of the manufacturing base historic in nature... Those are jobs that are not coming back. They are going to Vietnam,” Shapleigh said. The senator was in Vietnam four weeks ago."


    BELOW:  Historic info. from epgtlo blog concerning Vietnam and the Santa Teresa International City that Asarco Owner Grupo Mexico (Mexico Railroad "Ferromex" is controlled by Grupo Mexico).  Grupo Mexico's Ferromex wants to run a new rail line to to Santa Teresa's port of entry from a new seaport called "Punta Colonet" -- and potentially win the bid for the 50 year contract to run that seaport, also.

   1.
      epgtlo: 6/28/09 - 7/5/09 (google custom search)
      Jun 28, 2009 ... Taiwanese firm Hon Hai (also known by the trade name Foxconn) recently announced plans for a US$5 billion five-year expansion in Vietnam. ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009_06_28_archive.html
   2.
      Vietnam: Mitra Energy group completes seismic acquisition (the ...
      "03 Sep 2009 ...Two wildcat exploration wells are planned for the PSC in 2010. In January 2009, Mitra farmed out 50% of its 100% equity in the PSC to BHP ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/12/vietnam-mitra-energy-group-completes.html
   3.
      epgtlo: gambling debts in Bahamas, Las Vegas, Atlantic City
      Jul 8, 2009 ... Irving Drobny is the same name as an attorney representing the imperial family of Vietnam. A Chicago Attorney by that same name also serves ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/07/gambling-debts-in-bahamas-las-vegas.html
   4.
      epgtlo: Investor who controls a Swiss Bank called ASARCO "facing ...
      Aug 17, 2009 ... [Irving Drobny also represents the Royal Family of Vietnam]. Mr. Katamanin has made two interest payments totaling about $1.67 million, ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/08/investor-who-controls-swiss-bank-called.html
   5.
      epgtlo: "ARCELOR MITTAL starts operations on Puerto de Guaymas "
      20050000 Milbank Firm and Citigroup · Vietnam: Mitra Energy group completes seismic acqu... 20081121 Milbank firm advised Mitra Group on buyou. ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/09/arcelor-mittal-starts-operations-on.html
   6.
      Swiss Asarco AG attorney
      ... Attorney representing the Swiss Asarco Bank's Chicago lake-front home has the same name as the attorney representing the imperial family of Vietnam. ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/06/swiss-asarco-ag-attorney.html
   7.
      BHP Billiton and Tio Tinto Joint Venture (worth a predicted excess ...
      "International mining giants, BHP Billiton (LSE: BLT, ASX: BHP) [who in 1/09 assumed 50% of Mitra's Vietnam well equity] ('BHP') and Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO, ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/12/bhp-billiton-and-tio-tinto-joint.html
   8.
      Asarco AG Swiss Bank
      WHY IS THERE A SWISS ASARCO BANK (Asarco SA, Asarco Inc) represented by a Chicago Attorney (Irving Drobny) who also represents the Royal Family of Vietnam? ...
      epgtlo.blogspot.com/2009/12/asarco-ag-swiss-bank_26.html