The decades-long battle over a CEMEX aggregates operation in the Santa Clarita Valley in California is far from over, even though the company’s second 10-year mining contract officially expires on July 31.
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Cemex Files Lawsuit Against City Seeking to Stop Aggregates Operation
Cemex has filed a lawsuit against the city of Santa Clarita, Calif., claiming breach of contract, civil rights violations, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and declaratory relief in response to city plans to annex the site of a sand-and-gravel mine in Soledad Canyon. The lawsuit maintains that the city tried to annex the site…
Read MorePERMITTING – MAY 2016
Cemex Quarry at Soledad Canyon Hits Another Snag A bill giving the Santa Clarita Valley in California a chance to speak out against the prospect of Cemex mining in Soledad Canyon was passed by a committee in Sacramento, said the bill’s author, Assemblyman Scott Wilk, (R-Santa Clarita). Assembly Bill 1986 passed the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, setting it on…
Read MoreProposed Cemex Quarry Under Fire from California Officials
Congressman Steve Knight (R-Calif.) has called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny Cemex the permits it needs to mine in Soledad Canyon, Calif., according to a report in the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. The congressman wrote a letter to Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general and chief of engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging…
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