Decision in the dispute between Junta de Andalucia and Boliden
The district court in Seville has today announced its decision in the financial dispute between the Junta de Andalucia and Boliden. The court has found that Boliden is not liable for the claim of roughly EUR 89 million that the Junta de Andalucia directed against the company regarding clean-up costs in connection with a dam failure in 1998 at Boliden's former operation Apirsa in Spain.“While the dam accident was extremely unfortunate, the decision of the court confirms our view that the extensive clean-up efforts that Boliden carried out and the compensation at the time of the accident were