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1. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... mining permits in the Philippines. The order is expected to ease the entry of at least 291 existing mining applications, escalating threats to the environment and its defenders, anti-mining and environmental ...
Created on 15 April 2021
2. El Salvador: 49 exploration permits were once approved
(Background and reports )
Xenia Gonzales Oliva: El Diario de Hoy / Translation P. Cabezas Between 2000-2010, 49 exploration permits were approved, they are all currently under an administrative freeze.   49 applications for metal ...
Created on 07 January 2016
3. Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... El Salvador over denial of a gold mining license. El Salvador refused to issue OceanaGold Corp an extraction permit in 2006. Activists say that the company failed to get permission to mine from a sufficient ...
Created on 17 September 2014
4. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community
(Cerro Blanco)
... are binding for the municipality on the issuance of construction licenses or other permits under its competency for the development of mining projects.   We regret and publicly and fully reject the ...
Created on 23 September 2022
5. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... will be in charge of reviewing such permits and will be the competent authority to process new authorizations for exploitation in accordance with the respective regulations; the use of water for large ...
Created on 23 December 2021
6. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People
(Mining and Human Rights)
... in Guatemala, nor did it ever obtain a construction permit to build its mine in the first place. Such injustice is precisely what the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) framework enshrined in thousands ...
Created on 07 June 2021
7. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... firm’s permit lapsed. “That OceanaGold was able to easily reverse its suspension and is now enjoying the railroading of its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal puts to question ...
Created on 27 May 2021
8. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining
(Regional News)
... was declared a national park. The next year, congress reduced the park’s no-development zone to accommodate the mine’s development, following a permit process mired by irregularities. Inversiones Los ...
Created on 06 May 2021
9. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... in the water, which exceed by up to 6, 28 and 50 times the permitted legal limits. This level of metals in the water can cause a range of health conditions for people consuming it including damage to vital ...
Created on 22 April 2021
10. 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
11. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... Voters of South Carolina, said environmentalists plan to speak out about the mine expansion proposal. “The conservation community will be weighing in on the expansion permits, especially given the recent ...
Created on 30 March 2021
12. ​Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... dispersals of a peaceful and authorized blockade of the mine, even though it has had no permit to operate since June of 2019.” Even as the Philippines’ human rights situation has steadily deteriorated, ...
Created on 25 February 2021
13. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward
(Mining and Human Rights)
... According to the Permit Registrar of PZ, investors are even able to apply for an Indigenous Impact Permit when a project poses a “substantial risk of involuntary displacement of indigenous populations ...
Created on 15 February 2021
14. 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
15. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... failed to submit pollution test results as required, provided misleading statements and failed to get a DHEC permit. An agency spokeswoman said DHEC levied the $100,000 fine -- the heftiest air pollution ...
Created on 12 February 2021
16. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021
(ISDS)
... at a coal mine as well as a car-sharing service. Mexico. Mexico in turn is facing approximately 12 pending cases in connection with its refusal to grant certain environmental permits for the exploitation ...
Created on 21 January 2021
17. No renewal for Didipio Mines
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... town also vowed to work against the issuance of a regulatory permit for OceanaGold and cease the operation of the Didipio gold and copper project. Vice Mayor Fiesta noted that the 13 contested villages ...
Created on 08 January 2021
18. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... remains. In India’s Assam and Manipur, permits for coal and mineral mining and exploration in wildlife centers and IP lands are hastened in the name of “seamless economic growth.” Five-star Marriott ...
Created on 17 December 2020
19. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried
(OceanaGold)
... hasn't been given the go-ahead. In a statement it said it won’t proceed with any “physical works” or apply for permits in WKP until “comprehensive consultation and engagement” with locals, Indigenous ...
Created on 17 December 2020
20. ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... Nueva Vizcaya. This is an illegal act by the mining company, as it’s mining contract has expired more than a year ago, and it does not have any permit to operate from the local governments.   Our ...
Created on 28 November 2020
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