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Ambatovy Nickel Project

Issues

Biodiversity

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on plant or animal species in the natural environment.

Complaints with this Issue: 134

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Community health and safety

Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 359

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 482

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Livelihoods

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on the means by which people make a living, including wage-based income, trade and bartering, agriculture, fishing, foraging, and other natural-resource based means.

Complaints with this Issue: 344

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Pollution

Description: Complaint raises concerns about releases of pollutants related to the project, including hazardous or non-hazardous chemicals, minerals, metals, pathogens, odors, noise, vibration, radiation, light, and heat.

Complaints with this Issue: 226

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Sectors

Extractives (oil, gas, mining)

Description: Project relates to the extractive industries, including oil, gas, and mining. Examples may include mines, drilling operations, pipelines, and the associated legal frameworks.

Complaints in this Sector: 199

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Project

Name: Ambatovy Nickel Project

Investments: EIB

Client:

Support: Loans

Country: Madagascar

Complaint

IAM: Complaints Mechanism (CM)

ID: SG/E/2012/04

Date Filed: May 9, 2012

Date Closed: April 6, 2018

Status: Monitoring

Description

In 2012, the European Investment Bank’s Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) received a complaint concerning the Ambatovy project, a nickel mining project in Madagascar. The project is partially financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The complaint consists of a number of allegations concerning the project’s impact on the environment, health and safety of the workers and the affected population as well as the resettlement carried out under the framework of the project.

Complaint Stages

Filing

May 9, 2012

Filing

Status:

Start Date: May 9, 2012

Registration

May 9, 2012 -

May 9, 2012

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: May 9, 2012

End Date: May 9, 2012

Eligibility

May 9, 2012 -

May 23, 2014

Eligibility

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: May 9, 2012

End Date: May 23, 2014

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Compliance Review

May 23, 2014 -

March 2, 2016

Compliance Review

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: May 23, 2014

End Date: March 2, 2016

Has Compliance Report: Yes

Non-Compliance Found: Yes

Monitoring

March 2, 2016

Monitoring

Status: In Progress

Start Date: March 2, 2016

Closed

April 6, 2018

Timeline

Documents

Name Category Description
Compliance Review Compliance Review