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Gaea Katreena Cabico
An environmental activist group voiced its support for proposed measures declaring areas “no mining zones” and banning the open pit method of mining in the Philippines, ...
* Edgardo Ayala - Contrapunto
Despite of a two year mining prohibition, the ghost of mining does not fade away for communities in El Salvador that are exposed to crossborder contamination that may cause ...
OceanaGold must Pay Up and Pack Up from El Salvador
(Leer en español abajo)
February 21st, 2017
To: OceanaGold CEO Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold Board of Directors, and OceanaGold Shareholders
From: ...
by Gloria Orellana
Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/resistencia-ciudadana-contra-la-mineria-metalica-en-el-pais/
"We are here on this date to join millions of voices around the world ...
... case will enter a critical stage in January 2014. We need your support to urge World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim to review the role of the ICSID through an open process that includes the voices of ...
... to undertake this review through an open process with public hearings and the ability for mining affected communities and their allies to present evidence of the harm done by corporations using the investor ...
PRESS RELEASE
In commemoration of Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, once again demand the Legislature of El Salvador to expedite and promote ...
... and Social Development Association (ADES), who was a key leader in the fight against mining for more than 12 years and had recently been sounding the alarm over Bukele’s attempts to re-open the door to ...
... a murder during the country’s twelve-year civil war (1980–1992). In the context of Bukele’s increasing openness toward mining, however, some in El Salvador and around the world are questioning the true ...
The Guardian Nina Lakhani
Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining Five prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial ...
... well as economic stability, opening up a lucrative mining sector could be an option, observers said.
“It seems like the only way out that this government sees is to bet on investment,” said Vidalina ...
... he explained, "recent government actions signal an imminent reopening of the mining sector: El Salvador joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining in 2021, legislation to create a Directorate of Hydrocarbons ...
... governments’ strategies aimed at undermining community and civil society organizations. In this case, attacks against the staff of DES could be related to the intentions of the current government to reopen ...
... tunnel to open-pit mining: deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessment
In 2007, ENTREMARES S.A., a subsidiary of Goldcorp, obtained an exploitation license from the Ministry of Environment and ...
... "intends" to change the underground tunnel mining methodology, by open-pit mining.
In 2007, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala, after approving an environmental impact study, ...
... "intends" to change the underground tunnel mining methodology, by open-pit mining.
In 2007, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala, after approving an environmental impact study, ...
... which intends to continue with the "Cerro Blanco" project by changing the methodology of underground tunnel mining for open pit mining which is a method much more destructive and causes permanent and irreversible ...
... strong and clear public rejection of this industry, there are worrying signs that suggest that the government of Nayib Bukele, with its puppet Legislative Assembly, are considering opening the door to ...
... against the government could not be further from the truth. In fact, the Company would not have been able to operate its open-pit gold mine in the region in the first place if not for disproportionate ...