Doñana disaster
The Boliden mine in the town of Aznalcóllar in Spain, owned by its subsidiary Boliden-Apirsa, produces about 125,000 tonnes of zinc and 2.9 million ounces of silver per year.
Boliden environmental disaster
In 1998, Boliden was responsible for a major environmental disaster, when a reservoir of toxic waste (the residue pool at the mine burst) broke and spilled its contents in the course of the Guadiamar river, which flows through the Donana National Park, one of Europe's largest nature reserves. The spill caused damage over an area of around 30-kilometres, destroying rare plant and wildlife. [1]
As of April 2008 (10 years after the disaster), Boliden has not paid any fine or compensation yet, despite a 2004 sentence by the Spanish Supreme Court which condemned Boliden-Apirsa to pay 45 millions euros .