Split Tribunal Awards Mining Company $15.8M In NAFTA Claim Against Mexico

Mealey's ( September 10, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Sept. 9 published a split tribunal’s award ordering the United Mexican States to pay a U.S. mining company more than $15.8 million in damages, a fraction of the damages sought, for shutting down one of its mining operations in breach of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), while finding that other NAFTA breaches by Mexico did not warrant an award of damages....