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1. Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Stella Dawson, Reuters WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protesters rallied on Monday to demand that a World Bank tribunal reject an international mining company’s claim for $300 million from ...; Created on 17 September 2014
2. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... descended upon TV network giant ABS-CBN, also a known champion of environmental causes, by denying the renewal of its franchise for clearly political and self-serving motivations. We are in such desperate ...; Created on 25 July 2020
3. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... yields and impacting fish in the surrounding waterways Given these findings, the study recommends: Denying the mining company OceanaGold’s request for renewal after its license runs out in June ...; Created on 05 September 2019
4. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... distribution of water in the nation, denying the state this function, we would be facing an absolutely undemocratic law, which lacks legitimacy," the bishops said. "An unjust law that violates the rights ...; Created on 24 June 2018
5. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... OceanaGold) sued El Salvador for $250 million (U.S.) for denying the company a mining permit. However, in a cautiously celebrated decision, the World Bank decided that Pac Rim's lawsuit was without merit ...; Created on 10 November 2016
6. For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... began in 2007, when El Salvador sought to defend its sovereignty by denying OceanaGold, then Pacific Rim, a new permit to extract the nation's gold reserves. In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Chico ...; Created on 10 November 2016
7. Media Coverage: Victory of El Salvador Vs Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... gegen El Salvador ab New York Times (USA): El Salvador Wins Dispute Over Denying a Mining Permit, also in News New Zealand, Singapore News New Zealand Herald: OceanaGold's Pac Rim subsidiary chided by ...; Created on 09 November 2016
8. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mining company Pacific Rim, later bought by the Australian conglomerate Oceana Gold, sued El Salvador for more than $300 million for denying permits to dig. Brushing aside concerns that the mining would ...; Created on 02 February 2016
9. Bill Clinton Leads Sinister Business Alliance in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Pacific Rim (now owned by OceanaGold) against the Salvadoran State for denying the company mining permits in 2007. “The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador considers that this visit ...; Created on 19 November 2015
10. Arcatao Community Consultation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... on the Salvadoran government get a moratorium on mining, but transnational mining companies are using international investment tribunals to question the legality of denying mining permits while still allowing ...; Created on 30 September 2015
11. Salvadoran Deputy Ombudswoman for the Defense of Environment rights begins a tour in Canada on the case of OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mining corporation which has sued the Central American country for 301 million dollars for denying an operating permit. Cortez and Marcos Galvez, president of the Salvadoran NGO CRIPDES will visit Montreal, ...; Created on 13 May 2015
12. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... has passed a moratorium on mining, preventing further mining concessions from being implemented in the country. Currently, there are two lawsuits against El Salvador for denying an exploitation permit ...; Created on 18 April 2015
13. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... for denying gold mining permit WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protesters rallied on Monday to demand that a World Bank tribunal reject an international mining company’s claim for $300 million ...; Created on 29 September 2014
14. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... for denying gold mining permit WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protesters rallied on Monday to demand that a World Bank tribunal reject an international mining company’s claim for $300 million ...; Created on 25 September 2014
15. New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements that Help Corporations Sue Govenments: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in banning open-pit mining and denying the corporation a license. It is time to stop the expansion of undemocratic agreements and support the governments that are seeking alternatives that respect their ...; Created on 25 March 2014
16. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... $100m from the government in compensation for lost potential earnings after the government cited environmental grounds in denying them a permit to resume operations. Its case has recently been discontinued by ...; Created on 13 February 2014
17. Reform to article 15 of the Invesment Law: Assertive legislative action: (FTAs & ISDS); ... withdraw its ICSID membership to avoid law suits such as the ones launched by Pacific Rim and Commerce Group that require our government pay hundreds of millions in compensation for denying permits to ...; Created on 22 July 2013
18. PRELIMINARY REPORT “Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador”: (Background and reports ); ... they did not know about the project until it was already approved and that “gifts” from the mining company in the form of projects and services had created social divisions, denying them the right to prior ...; Created on 24 May 2013
19. Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money?: (Commerce Group); ... iron contamination in the local water, Commerce Group claims that the Salvadoran government is violating their rights as investors by denying them their permits. This case has drawn international attention ...; Created on 17 August 2012
20. The costs of ICSID arbitration and the consequences for the enjoyment of social rights in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); ... seat at supranational tribunals. The first occasion was the case presented in mid-2009 by the mining company Commerce Group, with allegations that the country had no legal basis for denying it permits ...; Created on 29 February 2012

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