More than 6,000 people living near a mine in Madagascar are locked in a dispute with Rio Tinto over alleged environmental damage linked to the extraction of a rare earth mineral key to modern industries.
They have accused the mining group’s subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals of contaminating waterways with hazardous materials, including uranium, through the extraction of ilmenite, used in paints, and the rare earth mineral monazite, which contains the radioactive element.
“There’s so much dust,” said Claudin, a farmer in his thirties who did not want to give his full name.
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