Chile on Monday rejected plans for a $2.5 billion iron-mining project in order to protect thousands of endangered penguins. Local firm Andes Iron wanted to extract millions of tons of the metal in the northern Coquimbo region and build a new port to ship it out • r/worldnews

Chile on Monday rejected plans for a $2.5 billion iron-mining project in order to protect thousands of endangered penguins. Local firm Andes Iron wanted to extract millions of tons of the metal in the northern Coquimbo region and build a new port to ship it out (france24.com) via Pocket http://ift.tt/2xm3n9G