U.S. construction materials firm Vulcan Materials Co said on Monday that Mexican security forces illegally took possession last week of its port terminal in southern Mexico, as an extended legal battle over its nearby limestone mining activities plays out.
said on Monday that Mexican security forces illegally took possession last week of its port terminal in southern Mexico, as an extended legal battle over its nearby limestone mining activities plays out.
Vulcan, which markets crushed stone as well as asphalt and ready-mixed concrete, said in a statement on Sunday that workers from Mexican cement company Cemex"We are shocked in Cemex and in the Mexican government entities that supported this reckless and reprehensible armed seizure of our private property," Vulcan said in the statement.The company also contends that a decision by the government last year to shut down its operations was illegal.
Cemex in a statement referred to its contract with a local Vulcan unit dating back two decades which it said allows it to use the terminal. last May over concerns of harmful impacts of underwater limestone mining on the local environment and water table.
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