{"id":4505,"date":"2023-04-30T00:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T00:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2023-05-03T20:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:43:44","slug":"lawmakers-vote-to-overhaul-mexicos-mining-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/30\/lawmakers-vote-to-overhaul-mexicos-mining-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers vote to overhaul Mexico\u2019s mining laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a 251-209 vote, the Mexican parliament’s lower house has voted to move forward with a proposed overhaul of the country’s mining laws, reported Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reforms would require miners to give back at least 10% of profits to communities and disclose the impacts of their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of Mexico’s mining chamber said the proposed overhaul could cost the country some $9 billion in lost investment in coming years and up to 420,000 direct jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico is the world’s top silver producer and one of the largest producers of copper and gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/em>Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a 251-209 vote, the Mexican parliament’s lower house has voted to move forward with a proposed overhaul of the country’s mining laws, reported Reuters. The reforms would require miners to give back at least 10% of profits to communities and disclose the impacts of their operations. The head of Mexico’s mining chamber said the proposed overhaul could cost the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[1913,1912],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-4505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-mining-laws","tag-silver-producer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t