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1. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) attempt to strong-arm the Guatemalan government through international arbitration into green-lighting the unwanted ...; Created on 24 August 2020
2. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the authors write, Canadian gold-mining company Pacific Rim and its allies deployed sleazy tactics to overwhelm opposition and win a license to mine. Astroturf protesters were paid to pose as members of ...; Created on 23 April 2021
3. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... in cash, instead of $5 million as initially proposed by the state. The Sierra Club’s action followed a series by The State on the environmental impacts of gold-mining in Montana and South Carolina. Chris ...; Created on 30 March 2021
4. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... the company’s gold-mining activities. The company used an accredited independent laboratory to test all water in and around the operation for multiple trace elements, including lead, monthly, and the ...; Created on 13 March 2021
5. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS). The report findings demonstrate that: Instead of respecting legitimate community opposition to its gold-mining project, KCA increased its efforts ...; Created on 21 October 2020
6. EL SALVADOR’S WIN AGAINST THE US MINING COMPANY PACIFIC RIM: A VERY NUANCED VICTORY: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... company Pacific Rim Cayman (now part of the Australian-Canadian company Oceana Gold) regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence for the El Dorado mine, a gold-mining project in Cabañas, ...; Created on 28 December 2016
7. Statement in support of El Salvador from Amianan Salakniban in the Philippines (2): (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 2012, the government of El Salvador is in a long-running $301 million dollar dispute with OceanaGold for refusing to grant a gold-mining permit in their country. The Central American country stand by their ...; Created on 28 October 2015
8. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of El Salvador to pay $301 million to a Canadian-Australian gold-mining firm. OceanaGold, which purchased the Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining in 2013, is suing El Salvador—the most water-stressed ...; Created on 18 May 2015
9. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Rim, a gold-mining corporation, is demanding $301 million from El Salvador in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a secretive World Bank tribunal in Washington D.C. ...; Created on 20 October 2014
10. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. An Australian mining company, OceanaGold, is suing the Salvadoran government for refusing to grant it a gold-mining permit that ...; Created on 29 September 2014
11. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case of a foreign company that seeks to extract gold from the impoverished Central American country. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-in-dc-ask-for-halt-to-gold-mining-in-el-salvador-say-it-will-endanger-ecology/2014/09/15/dfb9a682-3cf7-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html ...; Created on 25 September 2014
12. World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the government of El Salvador. An Australian mining company, OceanaGold, is suing the Salvadoran government for refusing to grant it a gold-mining permit that has been pending for much of the past decade. ...; Created on 17 September 2014
13. World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the government of El Salvador. An Australian mining company, OceanaGold, is suing the Salvadoran government for refusing to grant it a gold-mining permit that has been pending for much of the past decade. ...; Created on 17 September 2014
14. Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... company operate because it wants to protect its main source of water. The case pits El Salvador’s government against a Canadian gold-mining company that recently became part of a larger Australian-based ...; Created on 04 September 2014
15. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); As Salvadorans debate a mining ban due to pollution concerns, a large mining company has filed suit against the government. by Jamie Stark* First published in: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/el-salvador-gold-mining-lawsuit ...; Created on 06 August 2014
16. The Real Cost of Gold in the Philippines: (2013 North America Tour); ... "To you readers, and especially those who think of gold as something of value, we invite you into the room. Some of you have followed us in our journeys to gold-mining country in El Salvador where OceanaGold ...; Created on 22 September 2013
17. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to ask: "responsible mining" for whom and by whom? The first sentence of the website of a gold-mining firm that is suing the El Salvador government over a mining license that the government denied might ...; Created on 22 September 2013
18. PRELIMINARY REPORT “Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador”: (Background and reports ); ... of local organizations challenged myths that Pacific Rim has perpetuated in order to promote its gold-mining project to the Salvadoran public. Whereas Pacific Rim has claimed that its project would bring ...; Created on 24 May 2013
19. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... may give Canadian capital an advantage ahead of investors from Taiwan, China, Britain and Italy. There are 70 gold-mining concessions, and four projects underway. The best-known mine in Honduras, the ...; Created on 18 March 2013
20. Today’s Trivia Quiz: How Global Mining Corporations Are Able to Undermine Democracy: (FTAs & ISDS); ... assessment and a feasibility assessment among other things. To make this easier, let’s use the hypothetical case of a gold-mining company that is seeking to mine in another country. Are you set? Ok, ...; Created on 05 July 2012

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