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1. International Month of Action: (Category); Created on 07 August 2014
2. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Media coverage of the International Month of Action SEPT: 5th: Sidney and Melbourne, Australia MUA: MUA Calls for Australian Resources Company to Drop Law Suit Trade union officials are calling on ...; Created on 29 September 2014
3. CALL FOR SUPPORT: International month of action against Canadian/Australian miner OceanaGold: (International Month of Action); ... growth. A democratically elected government should not be punished for standing up for the common good. During the month of September, please join solidarity actions taking place in Australia, Canada, ...; Created on 04 September 2014
4. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... multinational mining companies. Despite the lack of evidence, the Water Defenders were quickly sentenced to six months of pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges related to an alleged crime from nearly ...; Created on 08 April 2023
5. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... were killed protesting the Pacific Rim project — including Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto, who was eight months pregnant. Ultimately, the company was denied the license on the grounds that it had failed to ...; Created on 06 April 2023
6. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the capital, San Salvador, could languish in overcrowded cells for months before formal charges are filed in court. The ongoing state of emergency has suspended a wide range of civil liberties and led ...; Created on 04 April 2023
7. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the harmful mining of metals,” said 20 local environmental and public health groups in a statement last month. Bukele has a track record of launching controversial projects that ignore environmental ...; Created on 03 April 2023
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... of the month came and the workers were paid almost nothing because a large part of their salary was owed to the stores that belonged to the same company that hired them. It was in these plantations that ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Last month, President Rodrigo Duterte lifted a nine-year moratorium on new mining agreements to allow in investments and boost government revenues. But environmental groups said the move was one of the ...; Created on 27 May 2021
10. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); GuapinolResiste After finding that the detention of the eight Guapinol defenders imprisoned for more than 17and 26 months is arbitrary, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urges the Government ...; Created on 11 May 2021
11. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mining projects. Canadian firms dominate mining in Guatemala as well. Last month, a Canadian legal academic brought a case before Canada’s Federal Court, alleging that the minister of foreign affairs ...; Created on 07 May 2021
12. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassination. Events lent credibility to their suspicions: In the months after the murder, activists were flooded with death threats and two other mining opponents were gunned down. Despite the brutality ...; Created on 23 April 2021
13. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... the statement states. This comes a few months after the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment appealed to Colombia and the company to protect the communities affected by Cerrejón, particularly ...; Created on 22 April 2021
14. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... That same month, Duterte lifted an oil exploration moratorium in what the Philippine government calls the West Philippine Sea, an area it claims in the South China Sea. These government decisions boosted ...; Created on 15 April 2021
15. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the almost-seven-year-long Pac Rim lawsuit against El Salvador at the ICSID. Pac Rim sued the Salvadoran government for not issuing them a mining permit. It took the ICSID six years and 10 months—and cost ...; Created on 11 April 2021
16. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... $16,000 for 19 environmental violations, including for hazardous waste. Two months ago, DHEC said it had fined the mine $100,000 for breaking pollution rules. The mine exceeded the safe limit for mercury ...; Created on 02 April 2021
17. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... company discharged 9.2 micrograms per liter of cyanide in December 2020, but the monthly permit limit is 5.2 micrograms per liter. Cyanide, used to separate gold from ore, can cause convulsions, respiratory ...; Created on 30 March 2021
18. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... violation. They also stressed that due to the COVID crisis, the release is urgent. One month later, the Honduran State has not responded. The Municipal Committee, families of the defenders and their ...; Created on 14 March 2021
19. 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
20. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Goldcorp’s behalf, lobbying decision-makers in Guatemala and at the IACHR for months following the commission’s request. In 2011 Guatemala announced it would not suspend the mine’s operations, and the ...; Created on 02 March 2021

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