This Thursday, President Gabriel Boric attended the inauguration of the Michelin Specialty Materials Recovery plant in the Antofagasta region.
In the instance, the head of state highlighted the investments that companies are making in our country, while noting that in the territory “environmental environment will not be sacrificed by development.”
They are aspects “that go hand in hand,” he said.
All this, in the midst of criticism for the so -called “permissology” – to enter the processes of companies and investments – and then that two Chinese companies – the automotive byd and Tsingshan Holding group – gave up moving in projects for the industrialization of lithium.
Investments and environment
Together with President Boric, the Ministers of Economy and Environment, Nicolás Grau and Maisa Rojas, respectively, participated in the inauguration of the Michelin Specialty Plant; together with several other authorities and executives of the company.
The president took advantage of assessing the investment of French capitals and alluded to the criticism for the permits process that companies in Chile must face, just when this week it was known that the Chinese byd and Tsingshan Holding Group lowered their intentions to develop lithium projects.
“It is said that there is concern about the law that rationalizes permits, which are not only environmental permits, they are permits of all kinds in the State to be able to reduce the deadlines for granting and have greater certainty of investments,” said Buric.
And he said: “The investments to specify is a law that does not lower environmental standards. Our goal is in no case is sacrificing environment for development”, because those two areas “go hand in hand.”
“We have a responsibility with future generations, (…) the fight against climatic crisis and the incorporation of new technologies,” added the head of state.
Michelin Specialty Materials Recovery
From the government, through an informative minute, they detailed that the plant operated by the company Michelin Specialty Materials Recovery, a 100% subsidiary controlled by Michelin France, is a “unique in Chile” dependence and the first of its kind.
It is located in the industrial region of La Negra in Antofagasta, has an area of 7725 m2 and has the ability to process 2,200 giant mining tires annually -63 inches.
“This process contemplates the cut of tires in fragments and the subsequent crushed rubber chips that are subsequently sent to the United States to another company of the Michelin group to manufacture micronized rubber dust, which is used in the manufacture of tires and other products,” the executive specified.
The recovered steel is delivered to the Sustainable Steel AZA company for its foundry and subsequent use in areas such as underground mining and construction.
