Bolivia slams Japan mining firm for 'plundering' resources http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2010/04/bolivia-slams-japan-mining-firm-for.html

Bolivia's foreign minister accused a Japanese mining subsidiary Sunday of "plundering" natural resources in the South American country while exploiting lead and silver, amid a dispute between the firm and local farmers.

Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told local media that San Cristobal, a company owned by Japanese trading giant Sumitomo, "doesn't pay a cent" for its consumption of some 600 liters (158 gallons) of water per second for its metal mining operations.

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The company is "a multinational that steals our natural resources, plundering tonnes of minerals every day but does not pay" for its water usage, he told La Prensa newspaper.