http://www.pasodelsur.com/news/plantimeline.html
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Scroll to end: click web view. Mrs. Mcmurray 's obtained proof Asarco smelter poisoned El Paso TX through what the EPA & US DOJ said was illegal burning of illegal hazardous/radioactive wastes 1991-98. (see 73 page 1998 conf. for settlement purposes only DOJ EPA Asarco doc,10/06 nytimes) We have never been told what actinides, forever chemicals, dioxins etc are present from illegal Asarco actions see "Asarco secret document"
Please donate (see sidebar) to help recoup costs of the work to uncover and blog the information contained here"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING"
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/06/29/MTAwMzE3/Grupo_Mexico_revises_Asarco_bid_offer_again.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/24/content_11593108.htm
....Also listed as shareholders are Axa Sun Life Assurance Society, Jaguar Cars Pension Plan, Land Rover Pension Trustees Ltd, Unilever Pension Fund and Coors Brewers Pension Fund."
http://www.theecologist.org/trial_investigations/272286/uk_companies_linked_to_devastating_indian_mine.htmlAnd why did Freeport McMoran buy and then keep the old Phelps Dodge plant just about 20 miles east of the international city, on the UP Sunset line?
"HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORP * See Remarks 300 5
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS GP, LLC * See Remarks
300 5
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE MANAGER, L.L.C. * See Remarks
300 2
HMC INVESTORS, L.L.C. * See Remarks 300 2
HMC - NEW YORK, INC. * See Remarks 300 5
FALCONE PHILIP *See Remarks 28,538,734 4
HARBERT RAYMOND J * See Remarks 300 3
LUCE MICHAEL D * See Remarks 300 3
FIREBRAND INVESTMENTS, LLC[part of NYTIMES newspaper] * See Remarks
300 2
GALLOWAY SCOTT Director 300 17,166
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD. * See Remarks
10,989,217 1
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P. * See
Remarks 10,989,217 4
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS NY, LLC * See Remarks 10,989,217 1
HELU CARLOS SLIM Affiliates - see Exhibit 99-1. 9,854,000
HARBINGER HOLDINGS, LLC * See Remarks 28,538,434
HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC * See Remarks 28,538,434"
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nm/field_offices/las_cruces/las_cruces_planning/bennett_ranch_unit.Par.45874.File.dat/DAC_PROPOSEDRMPA_EA_FONSI_SEPT08.pdf
[the land has transferred now 6/09 from the BLM to the State of N.M. for
future sale to Union Pacific Railroad, whose development-plan for this
area just north of the FOXCONN site has been completed]
THIS LAND IS WITHIN A 15 MILE RANGE OF THE EL PASO ASARCO STACKS THAT
THE EPA SAID ILLEGALLY BURNED [unmanifested/secret] HAZ-WASTE FOR PROFIT
DURING THE 1990's...AND THIS TOXIC WASTE HAS *NEVER* BEEN DECLARED
Mr. Kennard joined The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, in May 2001
as a managing director in the global telecommunications and media group.
.....Before serving in the government, Mr. Kennard was a partner and a
member of the board of directors of the law firm of Verner, Liipfert,
Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.
http://www.nytco.com/company/board_of_directors/William_E_Kennard.html
On the morning of the inauguration, when attention was focused on the peaceful transition of power from George Bush to Barack Obama, the NY Times disclosed that it had taken out a loan from Mexican financier Carlos Slim on terms that would shame the worst subprime lender:
The New York Times Co., which has been struggling with declining advertising sales and is facing deadlines to repay hundreds of millions in debt, is getting a $250 million infusion from Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim.
The Times is paying a hefty price for the investment — an interest rate of 14 percent for the six-year notes —
and is giving Slim warrants that he could use to boost his stake in the company to 17 percent from the current level of 6.9 percent.
There is something ironic about the situation. The NY Times Editors have lambasted the mortgage industry for making subprime loans to the hispanic community. Now a hispanic is making a subprime loan to the NY Times. Maybe the NY Times should just say no to the money, or urge the passing of a law prohibiting such loans. Or maybe the NY Times is just waiting for its bailout package."
...meanwhile the longtime-planned expansion of the Canal St. water treatment plant (just downriver from Asarco) to deliver water to Juarez just never seemed to happen-- and after the Conejos-Medanos Aqueduct was announced, TCEQ quietly put up the picture showing ASARCO's plume reaching the Rio Grande the extent of its property....
"Carlos Slim Stages a Border Water Coup [Apr-Jun '09]
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/today.html
In a flashy desert ceremony replete with mariachis and cheering supporters, Chihuahua Governor Jose Reyes Baeza kicked off a huge, new water supply and sanitation project for Ciudad Juarez on November 23. Designed to provide virtually the entire city with potable water while upgrading outdated wastewater treatment plants, the nearly $300 million public works project should be finished by 2009 or 2010, according to officials. Constructed to pipe in groundwater to existing low-income neighborhoods, the new Conejos-Medanos Aqueduct will be the crown jewel of the project. Once completed, the project could serve an estimated 345,000 residents of Ciudad Juarez. Funding for the water systems expansion will come from both the public and private sectors.
"Today we initiate this project of social transcendence," Gov. Reyes said. "Today this dream is made possible thanks to the joint efforts and work of the government, private enterprise and civil society." A much-needed benefit of the project, Gov. Reyes pledged, would be the elimination of the nasty-smelling wastewater spills that make life miserable for residents of neighborhoods like Riberas del Bravo. He called Conejos-Medanos the most important undertaking of his 3-year-old administration.
The water for the project will be drawn from the Conejos-Medanos aquifer that straddles the borderlands. Known as the Mesilla aquifer in the United States, the vital groundwater source supplies the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and other towns on the US side with drinking water. According to Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua state officials, 23 new deep wells will be drilled to provide water for the Mexican side.
Once laid down, miles of new water distribution lines will add a flow of 1,000 liters per second to Ciudad Juarez's water supply, officials estimate. Manuel Herrera, a spokesman for Ciudad Juarez's Municipal Water and Sanitation Department, said each city resident currently consumes an average 280 liters of water every day, a figure which is 120 liters less than in 2000 when each resident used about 400 liters daily. Herrera affirmed that a concerted effort is underway to cut down on wasteful water use.
"We've arrived at these numbers due to the committed work of society and government," he said. "The results have been very positive."
The Conejos-Medanos project has implications for nearby US border communities. Greater tapping of the aquifer on the Mexican side will likely impact future water supplies in fast-growing southern New Mexico, where rapid development has become a growing political issue.
For example, the November 6 Las Cruces municipal election resulted in the election of a new mayor and city councilors considered to hold more growth-cautious positions.
In Mexico, the financing and management of the Conejos-Medanos project is certain to spark controversy. Standing out in the package is the concession granted to the Carso Infrastructure and Construction company (CISCA). Part of Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso, CISCA will invest about $100 million dollars in the project and be in charge of its construction. In return for the investment, the company was awarded a ten-year concession by the Chihuahua state government to sell water to Ciudad Juarez's municipal government. No further details about the agreement have been publicly released.
Barely unveiled, the Conejos-Medanos project is already drawing critical commentaries on Ciudad Juarez’s Lapolaka.com news website. One writer, for instance, noted the proximity of the project to sections of Ciudad Juarez witnessing land speculation and highway construction connected to new border economic development plans for the planned binational city of Jeronimo-Santa Teresa on the Chihuahua-Mexico border and Anapra across from Sunland Park, New Mexico. Mexican officials did not immediately disclose whether Conejos-Medanos will directly benefit the two envisioned border growth-zones.
In Mexican cities like Aguascalientes, meanwhile, private management of water supplies is generating public criticism of high rates and allegedly bad service. Last year, the Chihuahua City-based Community Technical Consultants banded together with 13 other farm, consumer and environmental organizations to launch a campaign in opposition to water privatization in Chihuahua.
Perhaps in a pre-emptive strike at nascent Conejos-Medanos critics, Gov. Reyes denied that the arrangement with Slim's Grupo Carso would produce economic hardships for water users.
"This will not have a direct impact on the people, on the bill they receive for home water consumption. We all pay water, sewage and sanitation. This is not going to have a negative repercussion on the economy of Juarez residents," Gov. Reyes contended. "The (Ciudad Juarez) water department, with its financial engineering, is going to cover the cost. The private investment has to be paid. The important thing here is that the department, with its financial management exercises every year, will cover this expense without impacting the population."
The Chihuahua state government's high-stakes investment in Conejos-Medanos was readily evident during the kick-off ceremony held at a desert stopping on the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa Highway just outside Ciudad Juarez. The event was attended by Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz (no relation to the governor), Chihuahua State Supreme Court Chief Justice Rodolfo Acosta Munoz, state elected officials and representatives of the Mexican army. Promised gifts in return for their attendance, hundreds of residents of low-income neighborhoods were transported to the ceremony on private buses.
"This is a project of life," said Uriel Chavez, one of the attendees, told the governor. "Thanks for thinking about us." Gov. Reyes, in turn, thanked Carlos Slim for making Conejos-Medanos a reality and invited the magnate for a toast of water once the project is done.
Sources: El Diario de Juarez, November 23 and 24, 2007. Articles by Luz del Carmen Sosa. Norte, November 24, 2007. Article by Salvador Castro. Frontenet.com, November 23, 2007. Articles by Felix Gonzalez. Lapolaka.com, November 23, 24 and 25, 2007. Ecoamericas.com, December 2006. Frontera NorteSur/Environment, September 2000. Las-cruces.org/vote007."
Asarco claimed that in order to facilitate financing for the SPCC transfer, AMC made "an improper, undisclosed handshake deal with its lender, Banco Inbursa,......whose principal owner is Mexico's richest man, Carlos Slim, "had together purchased approximately 90% of the bonds at deep discounts." "
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=54788&sn=Detail
Central Arizona park re-dedicated after getting a makeover ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix,AZ,USA The park was renovated as part of an agreement between mining company, ASARCO, the EPA, and the State of Arizona, according to a news release. ... See all stories on this topic |
Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) was expected to
award the first concession in mid-October, the Chihuahua al Pacifico
short line, but rejected the bid of Grupo Mexico and South Orient
Railroad Co.--the only consortium that chose not to withdraw from the
proceedings--on Oct. 9 on the grounds that it did not come close enough
to the $50 million value that SCT set. Grupo Mexico/South Orient's ..."
26 | 4.9.2006 | Commercial Register Mutation | Asarco AG, in Zürich, CH-020.3.901.838-1, Finanzgeschäfte, Aktiengesellschaft (SHAB Nr. 167 vom 31. 08. 1998, S. 5999). New address: Usteristrasse 11, 8001 Zürich. Issue Nr. 23523 of 29.08.2006 (3532938 / CH02039018381) SOGC publication (PDF-File) |
100 | 31.8.1998 | Commercial Register Mutation | Asarco AG, in Zürich , Finanzgeschäfte, Aktiengesellschaft (SHAB Nr. 141 vom 25. 07. 1997, S. 5311). People deleted or signatures revoked: Beltracchi, Angela, von Basel, in Oberengstringen, Mitglied, mit Einzelunterschrift. Peoples registration new or modified: Haberthür, Urs, von Breitenbach, in Oberengstringen, Mitglied, mit Einzelunterschrift. |
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Bankruptcy court allows Asarco to set up custodial trusts Reuters - USA June 8 (Reuters) - A US bankruptcy court gave copper miner Asarco LLC the go-ahead to set up custodial trust settlement agreements which will allow it to ... See all stories on this topic |
Abstract Tertiary-treated wastewater currently (1991) is being injected into the Hueco bolson aquifer at a site in northeastern El Paso, Texas, to supplement the quantity of available freshwater. Hydrologic data were compiled and water-quality and bacterial data were collected from existing wells near the Hueco Bolson Recharge Project (HBRP) in August and September 1990 and 1991. Borehole tracer tests indicated upward ground-water flow in nearly all tested intervals of several observation wells. The cumulative volume of injected water was less than the volume produced from wells adjacent to the HBRP area. Water levels in three production wells, located more than 1.5 miles from the injection wells, declined at rates comparable to those observed before injection operations. Water levels in wells located within 0.75 mile of the injection-well pipeline declined at a slower rate after HBRP injection operations had begun. Between 1985 and 1991, water levels in observation wells located within 700 feet of an injection well either did not appreciably decline, or declined at smaller rates than water levels in more distant production wells. Trihalomethane compounds were detected in water from 8 of the 16 observation and production wells sampled in 1990 and in 10 of the 17 wells sampled in 1991. Concentrations trihalomethane compounds in these samples ranged from 0.05 to 1.9 mg/L in 1990 and from 0.05 to 1.4 mg/L in 1991. Concentrations of trihalomethane compounds in samples of injected water from two wells were 27.8 and 34.6 mg/L respectively, in 1991. Dibromomethane and dichloromethane were detected in water from injection wells and from observation wells within about 700 feet of the injection wells. Aerobic bacteria were determined to be the only bacteria type present in ground water except for samples from two wells, which also contained denitrifying bacteria. The populations of aerobic bacteria determined in ground water ranged from 80 to more than 160,000 most probable number of organisms per milliliter of sample.
For the study, the researchers analyzed 788 adults age 20 and older who had their urine tested for arsenic levels as part of a study conducted by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2003-2004, a nationwide health study that for the first time collected and tested arsenic levels in urine.
The study found that participants with type 2 diabetes had a 26 percent higher level of total arsenic in their urine compared to those not having the disease.""Levels in excess of the federal MCLs and state guidelines were found in groundwater and surface water samples, as well as soil and sediment samples at abandoned and active copper mines. TENORM exceedences were also found in groundwater at active and inactive copper mines. Uranium byproducts were recovered from heap leach dumps and in-situ operations that feed SX-EW and ion exchange circuits at several copper mines. Radioactivity was discovered in copper mineral processing waste streams. Elevated levels of radioactivity were also found to occur in the process solutions and process wastes."
For entire report, see: www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/tenorm/402-r-99-002.pdf "
Vedanta tumbles on Asarco bidding war · Finance Yard By Financial Times .....Read the full story on the Financial Times. |
“We are concerned that the higher bid by Grupo México could lead to Vedanta overpaying for the Asarco assets,” said GMP analyst Matt Fernley, who cut Vedanta to “hold”. He valued the Asarco assets at just $1.8bn."
"...U.S. Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Fifth Circuit District Court in Brownsville, Texas yesterday granted Grupo Mexico the right to post an alternative financial guarantee to secure its Motion for Stay. In its opinion, the Court said it would allow AMC [subsidiary of Grupo Mexico] to place in escrow shares of Southern Copper Corporation [Peru] stock rather than a cash bond, as was requested by ASARCO, to secure the enforcement of any judgment at appeal. The appeal is expected to take at least a year...."
"A proposed settlement agreement was filed with the bankruptcy court by the state of Texas and ASARCO. Under the proposed settlement agreement, ASARCO's El Paso smelter property will be placed in an environmental custodial trust and managed by a custodial trustee. Though the custodial trust approach has not yet been approved by the bankruptcy court in the ASARCO case, the TCEQ wishes to identify a potential trustee in the event that one must be chosen quickly as a result of the bankruptcy process. Any interested party is required to respond to the Request for Information (RFI), which is posted http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/bid_show.cfm?bidid=82052. The deadline for submittal of responses to the RFI was June 1, 2009. The TCEQ received 25 submittals and is proceeding with evaluations."
You can also view this update on the main ASARCO web page.
"Insurance company Century Indemnity Co..... lodged its objection Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, claiming that the Mexican parent company’s disclosure statement fails to provide adequate information..."
Harbinger Competes for Asarco in Bankruptcy Court DealBook Blog ... "An affiliate of Harbinger Capital Partners won court permission on Tuesday to try to reorganize the bankrupt copper miner Asarco making the hedge fund ..." |
Grupo Mexico: proposed Asarco reorganization debt load concerns S&P "Mineweb - London,England,UK S&P is afraid the $1.3 billion-plus offer of Grupo Mexico and Americas Mining Corp. to reorganize Asarco could have a significant near-term effect on the ..." Google News Alert for: asarco |
Harbinger seeks to make offer for bankrupt Asarco "Reuters - USA By Emily Chasan NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Harbinger Capital, one of Asarco LLC's largest bondholders, is seeking to offer its own $500 million ..." |
"Company Asarco AGhttp://www.edoceo.ch/en/asarco_ag_CH02039018381.aspx
Translation Asarco Inc.
Asarco SA
CH NUMBER CH02039018381
ADDRESS Usteristrasse 11 8001 Zurich
Company state Active
Legally form Joint stick company
Capital CHF 100 ' 000
PUR-float Financial transactions of all kinds, switching and execution of financings, practice of trust functions and thus coherent services as well as execution of consultation and expert's assessments; can take part in other enterprises as well as properties, patents, rights and licenses acquire, hold and sell.
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New ADDRESS: Usteristrasse 11, 8001 Zurich.
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Mutation Asarco AG, in Zurich, financial transactions, corporation (T/plate No. 141 from 25. 07. the 1997, P. 5311).
People deleted or signatures revoked: Beltracchi, Angela, of Basel, in upper confining rings, member, with single signature.
Peoples registration new or modified: Haberthür, Urs, of width brook, in upper confining rings, member, with single signature."
Lender asserts claim on lakefront mansion Crain's Chicago Business - Chicago,IL,USA "The property is held in trust by Swiss company Asarco AG, which Mr. Mikhail controls, according to the complaint and public records. ..." |
"I continue to point out that it is inherently incredulous that Mr. Wilkinson claims he has no communications (email, phone, electronic-mail from the phone, correspondence) about mercury (or strontium or the other chemicals I listed). However, this time you and/or he QUALIFIED that statement by adding the words "IN HIS POSSESSION". Please tell me in whose possession this data is in, if not in his possession. It is inherently impossible for the TCEQ primary remediation contact to have no communications on record regarding these contaminates of concern."
"It is inherently incredulous that the main contact (B. Wilkinson) for all ASARCO El Paso remediation work for the last decade has no emails, wireless or otherwise (or phone logs, or correspondence) responsive to my request. This is bordering on a deliberate withholding of information from the public.
In regards to having to submit a request for documents through the TCEQ public information - I had already done this, and these email communications were a result of Mr. Wilkinson refusing to admit he has any information responsive to my request. Please note that I stated "If any of the information cannot be released to me in whole or in part because of confidentiality, please list those documents in question." The latter was not done.
You will note the following records request. Your offices have consistently failed to reply to my message stating that it is impossible for Mr. Wilkinson to not have Asarco El Paso Mercury data (for example) from the TCEQ when the TCEQ itself has sent me ASARCO mercury data. There is no one else who oversees the remediation at the TCEQ. He is the sole contact."
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"Toxic Hudson River Sediment Could Poison Texas Aquifer Environment News Service - USA The train cars will have plastic covers that would do nothing to hold the toxic waste in the event of a derailment. These train cars should be properly ... PCBs leaked from the GE Hudson Falls Plant site into the Hudson River (Photo courtesy U.S. EPA)" |
Subject: | Public comments IGNORED by both the DOJ, TCEQ and EPA in their public response to Asarco El Paso bankruptcy FRAUD statement |
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Date: | Mon, 18 May 2009 13:31:01 -0600 |
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oil residues from shortcutting refining methods
Baker Hughes submitted the lowest bid earlier this year on a contract for the drilling and 170 wells on the Chicontepc paleocanyon, in a region overlapping both Veracruz and Puebla states.
Industry sources said Baker Hughes bid $160.7 million, just ahead of Mexico's Zapata drilling outfit, with $160.9 million, while US giant Halliburton was in third place with $170 million."
Mexico delays Chicontepec bids