Within a few days two similar pieces of news were published: the spillages of Mining Alumbrera (multinational located in Catamarca) and the poisoning of dozens of workers in Botnia (a Finnish pulp and paper enterprise, set up in Fray Bentos, Uruguay).
Beyond those so-called "accidents" the facts demonstrated, in case it were necessary, the contaminating effect of these enterprises and, even more, a model of underdevelopment, which generates unemployment, impoverishment and death, unless it is stopped, as in the case of Esquel and La Rioja, due to actions started by the local communities.

The detailed study about the contamination that the company is causing disappeared from the National Mining Secretariat's internet website after its diffusion by Primerafuente. Due to this, means from across the country contacted the office in charge of the site's publication for more information on the subject. The report exposes the judicial situation of Alumbrera Mining and that of the secretary of Mining, Jorge Mayoral. In spite of this suspicious act, the Federal Justice possesses copies of the controversial environmental study.