Ikomidi leNdlu yabaMeli baseMelika ivotele ukufaka ulimi ephaketheni elibanzi lokubuyisana lesabelomali elizovimba iRio Tinto Ltd ekwakheniImayini yethusi yokuxazululae-Arizona.
Isizwe sakwaSan Carlos Apache kanye nabanye aboMdabu baseMelika bathi imayini izocekela phansi umhlaba ongcwele lapho benza khona imikhosi yezenkolo.Izikhulu ezikhethiwe e-Superior eseduze, e-Arizona, zithi imayini ibalulekile emnothweni wesifunda.
IKomidi le-House Natural Resources ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine ligoqe umthetho i-Save Oak Flat Act waba yisilinganiso sokusebenzisa imali esiyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-3.5.INdlu ephelele ingase ihlehlise lesi sinyathelo futhi umthetho ubhekane nesiphetho esingaqinisekile eSenate yase-US.
Uma ugunyazwa, lo mthethosivivinywa uzohoxisa isinqumo sango-2014 salowo owabe enguMongameli u-Barack Obama kanye neCongress eyaqala inqubo eyinkimbinkimbi yokunikeza umhlaba wase-Rio ophethwe uhulumeni wase-Arizona oqukethe ngaphezu kwamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-40 ekhopha ukuze kushintshwe ihektare elingumnikazi we-Rio eduze.
Owake waba nguMongameli uDonald Trump wanikeza ukushintshwa komhlabaukugunyazwa kokugcinangaphambi kokushiya ihhovisi ngoJanuwari, kodwa owalandela uJoe Biden wasihoxisa leso sinqumo, washiya lo msebenzi udidekile.
Isabelomali sokugcina sokubuyisana kulindeleke ukuthi sifake uxhaso lwezimali zamaphrojekthi kagesi welanga, umoya kanye neminye yamandla avuselelekayo adinga ithusi eliningi.Izimoto zikagesi zisebenzisa ithusi eliphindwe kabili kunalezo ezinenjini yangaphakathi evuthayo.Imayini ye-Resolution ingagcwalisa cishe u-25% wesidingo sekhopha yase-US.
IMeya ePhakeme uMila Besich, iDemocrat, uthe lo msebenzi ubukeka ubambeke kakhulu “esihlanzweni esingenamthetho.”
"Lesi sinyathelo sibukeka siphikisana nalokho abaphathi beBiden abazama ukukwenza ukubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu," kusho uBesich."Ngiyethemba ukuthi iNdlu ephelele ayikuvumeli lolo limi ukuthi luhlale kumthethosivivinywa wokugcina."
URio uthe uzoqhubeka nokuxoxisana nemiphakathi yendawo kanye nezizwe.Isikhulu Esiphezulu saseRio uJakob Stausholm uhlela ukuvakashela e-Arizona ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Abamele iSan Carlos Apache kanye ne-BHP Group Ltd, engabatshalizimali abambalwa kulo msebenzi, abatholakalanga ngokushesha ukuze baphawule.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-13-2021