Overview
- The president said Mexico is in active talks with Vulcan Materials to reach an agreement that keeps the Calica site off-limits under the protected-area decree.
- She outlined options that include reviewing other quarry sites outside the reserve and noted the company’s Punta Venado port concession is not in use.
- Sheinbaum said a recent U.S. proposal to shield American property abroad would not affect this case because Mexico did not expropriate the mine, as the dispute sits in international arbitration.
- Vulcan’s claim at the World Bank’s ICSID tribunal has grown to about $1.9 billion after years of restrictions tied to local land-use changes in 2009, site closures in 2017–2018, and the loss of its port permit.
- La Jornada reported that Mexico’s environment ministry estimated a 34.65 billion peso restoration bill from decades of limestone extraction that harmed cenotes and the region’s groundwater.