MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. building firm Vulcan Supplies (NYSE:) on Monday rejected what it considers the “unlawful expropriation” of its investments in Mexico and stated it stays open to a negotiated answer with the Mexican authorities.
The corporate has been engaged in a years-long battle with Mexico’s authorities after officers ordered a halt to limestone quarrying at Vulcan’s mining unit within the coastal state of Quintana Roo in 2022, alleging environmental damages by the corporate, which denies the accusations.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador final week stated that the location had not been expropriated, solely closed, and that it could stay closed at the least till he leaves workplace in October.
In an announcement on Monday, Vulcan described the suspension of their operations as “authoritarian” and stated it couldn’t produce or promote supplies “because of the arbitrary actions of the federal government of Mexico as a way to pressure us to surrender our vital investments within the area.”
Final 12 months, Lopez Obrador laid out plans to supply 6.5 billion Mexican pesos ($391 million) to purchase the land the place Vulcan Supplies operates and resolve the dispute, however stated the corporate didn’t need to promote the land.
“The reality is that at no time have we acquired a ‘beneficiant supply’ to purchase our property,” Vulcan stated on Monday.
“We got an off-the-cuff appraisal, with out signatures and with out particulars, that considerably undervalues our property, together with the limestone reserves of which we personal beneath Mexican regulation, in addition to the one deep draft port within the area.”
($1 = 16.6440 Mexican pesos)
