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1. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala
(Media Releases)
... the US$300 million-dollar suit that the U.S. mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) is bringing against the Central American country as a shameless attempt to undermine the will of the communities ...
Created on 04 May 2019
2. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek
(Regional News)
... organizations call for the annulment of sentence against Aymara spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court and reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek.   In ...
Created on 16 September 2018
3. Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
Telesur Despite a deadline from the lawsuit passing, the company owes El Salvador US$8 million.  Over 280 organizations from around the world sent an open letter to Canadian-Australian mining giant OceanaGold ...
Created on 05 March 2017
4. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
Gabriel Labrador- Equal Times The Central American state of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million in damages to an Australian-Canadian mining company, OceanaGold, after the company’s application ...
Created on 18 April 2015
5. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the Salvadoran government be forced to pay up to $315 million in lost profits to a foreign mining company? Or will mining continue, leaving Salvadorans like Escobar in fear of the uncalculated hazards ...
Created on 06 August 2014
6. Pacific Rim’s announcement of a US $315 million increase in its law suit against El Salvador denounced by members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 04, 2013 Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license ...
Created on 03 April 2013
7. Mining arbitration has cost $5 million
(FTAs & ISDS)
Mining arbitration has cost $5 million El Salvador has faced a current suit by Pacific Rim and one that was thrown out by the ICSID.  The pending arbitration demands that the country pay at least $77 ...
Created on 29 February 2012
8. 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)
... region is a water producing zone that benefits the populations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and that it produces 2 million cubic meters of water annually constituting a key environmental service ...
Created on 12 June 2022
9. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... which unconstitutionally allocate more than 25 million liters of water per day. With this amount of water ANDA could supply half a million people, ending shortages and injustice in impoverished municipalities ...
Created on 23 December 2021
10. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... use more than a million liters of water daily. The Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtlahuacán in Guatemala, considered by the World Bank as the most modern mine in Central America, used more than six million ...
Created on 14 December 2021
11. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia
(ISDS)
... to reach a pre-arbitration agreement with these companies to avoid lawsuits. Cerrejón planned to develop La Puente to offset expected production declines elsewhere. The pit contains 35 million tonnes ...
Created on 08 June 2021
12. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election
(Mining and Human Rights)
... who promises to redistribute wealth, took a slight advantage over Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular). Peru is a country with 32 million inhabitants. The Peruvian currency fell back to a record low, weakening ...
Created on 08 June 2021
13. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People
(Mining and Human Rights)
... point: A Nevada-based mining company is suing the Guatemalan government for over $400 million, claiming violations of investor protections in the CAFTA-DR. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) argues in ...
Created on 07 June 2021
14. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... the president said in the executive order. According to the DENR, over a hundred mining projects in the pipeline could potentially generate P21 billion or around $438 million in revenues, which would ...
Created on 24 May 2021
15. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support
(Mining and Human Rights)
... and have their suits heard before private, investor-friendly international tribunals. The Trudeau government has channeled more than $100 million in assistance for international projects whose real purpose ...
Created on 07 May 2021
16. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... millions out of work. The Philippines is one of the world's biggest suppliers of nickel ore and is also rich in copper and gold, but Duterte said less than five percent of the country's mineral reserves ...
Created on 05 May 2021
17. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... to mine or pay more than $300 million to cover not only its costs but the future profits it would forgo. The water defenders and their allies responded by mounting an international campaign to put the ...
Created on 23 April 2021
18. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... with metals in their blood in Peru; and outsourcing, child and labor, and a million-dollar lawsuit under an Investor-State Dispute Arbitration (ISDS) case in Bolivia. Glencore is one of the world’s largest ...
Created on 22 April 2021
19. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...
Created on 11 April 2021
20. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption
(OceanaGold)
... size of the tailings pond near Estridge’s home by about 20 percent. The tailings facility would hold about 72 million tons of waste material, which includes potentially deadly cyanide, according to plans.  ...
Created on 02 April 2021
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