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1. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo: Genia Yatsenko Pressure continues to mount on Salvadoran legislators to ban metal mining in El Salvador. On February 7th, mayors from the Department of Chalatenango, accompanied ...; Created on 13 February 2017
2. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... water, and ecosystems "is irremediable and irreversible" due to the intensive use of large amounts of cyanide and arsenic to separate the gold from the rest of the removed material. In 14 years, according ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... water, and ecosystems "is irremediable and irreversible" due to the intensive use of large amounts of cyanide and arsenic to separate the gold from the rest of the removed material. In 14 years, according ...; Created on 12 June 2022
4. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... to a healthy environment and to the health of populations and the ecosystems, among others. 11. That open pit mining uses large amounts of cyanide, a highly toxic substance that allows gold to be recovered ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... be polluting the Agua Castilla river, affecting agricultural production in the area. Public Eye’s report notes that laboratory samples taken from the river confirm excessive amounts of zinc, iron and manganese ...; Created on 22 April 2021
6. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... failure, loss of consciousness and death if people are exposed to high amounts, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OceanaGold said the December cyanide violation resulted ...; Created on 30 March 2021
7. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue: (OceanaGold); ... excessive amounts of mercury, failing to submit the required pollution test results, providing misleading statements and failing to secure a DHEC permit An independent third-party has been hired to audit ...; Created on 15 February 2021
8. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... trouble with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The fine is the largest involving the Haile Gold Mine, and in this case, DHEC said the company released excessive amounts of mercury, ...; Created on 12 February 2021
9. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Guacotecti and Sensuntepeque. The investment amounts to $350 thousand dollars that have been financed through international develoment cooperation with organizations such as DKA Austria, the American Jewish ...; Created on 05 January 2021
10. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... who end up in Canada have to spend huge amounts of money working with a recruiter to get placement as labourers through temporary foreign worker programs, which are also exploitative. “I declared myself ...; Created on 04 October 2019
11. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... through its long battle to have mining prohibited by denouncing and shaming companies that tried to extort obscene amounts of money from the Salvadorian public purse for refusing mining permits. In a ...; Created on 02 July 2018
12. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... chaos in water regulation, because they can continue consuming huge amounts of water and polluting it without worrying about sanctions,” Mr. McKinley says. “And people in Congress have family members working ...; Created on 08 May 2018
13. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... watershed covers almost half the country and is the water source for about three million people. The mine would have used large amounts of water, mixed with cyanide to separate gold from ore. Activists ...; Created on 07 May 2018
14. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); ... to pay exorbitant amounts of money for water and to collect rain water in order to meet their basic needs. And the problems for the community continue to surface: exposure to the heavy metals resulting ...; Created on 02 March 2016
15. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the World Bank for more than 301 million dollars of compensatory damages. For the country this is a big sum, it amounts to more than one percent of the GDP; in addition, the legal cost of the process, ...; Created on 02 February 2016
16. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Hesse. However, under the mountains of the Central American Cordillera, ranging from Mexico to Panama, lay large amounts of natural resources, which have been targeted by international mining companies. ...; Created on 03 January 2016
17. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... OceanaGold sued the Central American country for $301 million dollars, the sum amounts to half of the national education budget for a year. The final hearings on the case took place in September 2014, ...; Created on 27 October 2015
18. 5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that corporations can sue countries for heinous amounts of money, which in El Salvador’s case amounts to about 5% their GDP. Cases such as these set a precedent and normalize the perception that corporate ...; Created on 11 July 2015
19. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... "And even if Pacific Rim’s claim fails, as many expect, the suit has cost El Salvador almost $13 million to date—which amounts to nearly its entire environment and natural resources spending in 2013," ...; Created on 18 May 2015
20. ABOUT MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (2014 International Delegation); ... country`s territory, over population, high vulnerability to natural disasters, the precarious condition of water resources, and unmitigated amounts of toxic waste already contaminating the natural environment ...; Created on 06 August 2014

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