For immediate release
Toronto – Today, dozens of organizations from Canada, El Salvador and around the world will confront Canadian-Australian mining company Oceana Gold, whose subsidiary is suing El ...
... plans, said that he has concerns that the Environmental Impact Study does not present a closure plan, instead, it plans to start the process four years before the mine closes.
Mining operations’ ...
... starts with a historical background of mining companies in El Salvador, the resistance against a series of mining projects that began operating unannounced in communities in the early 2000s, the resistance ...
... members organized as the Peaceful Resistance La Puya have maintained their protest camp since March 2012. The police arrived several hours before the start of a routine action to lift a seizure order on ...
... to reach agreements regarding the start of the pre-consultation process.
Aleisar Arana, Huxi Hurak of the Xinka People said, “It is a very special day, a day we fought for, a day that will remain in ...
... explains: “[On May 21] the immobilization, which had been legally imposed [by the Supreme Court] in 2016, [was] officially lifted. Although, this does not mean that the miner can restart operating activities.” ...
Breaking the Silence
Vancouver-based mining company Pan American Silver held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 12th: the final shareholder meeting for retiring founder and Board Chair Ross Beaty. ...
... four years before creating the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE). After a delay of two more years, CORE has finally started taking cases. But it is unable to compel firms to hand ...
... to the Office of the President for approval.
“The Company will continue to engage with government officials and will work with stakeholders for a safe restart of operations at Didipio,” OceanaGold ...
... and Indigenous people, Morrison said on April 16, because “OceanaGold has been found to have committed serious human rights violations”.
OceanaGold started mining in Didipio in 2013, despite opposition ...
... in suits” drilling for gold. In the early 2000s, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation—acquired by OceanaGold in 2013—started drilling exploration wells in Cabañas Department, about 40 miles northeast of San ...
... the lawyer who fought the Pacific Rim Mining Corp. This mining ban was a huge victory for activists. Some of them, though, paid a heavy price. I'd like, Luis, if you can start us off by telling us about ...
PBI
Brent Patterson
On the morning of February 22, Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) tweeted: “Minutes from the start of the trial of Jeremías Martínez, ...
... sudden onslaught of these new jurisdictions, Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDEs), which international promoters refer to as “charter cities,” “startup cities,” or “free private cities.” U.S. ...
... material.
Prior to the start of mining operations four years ago, the company said it would run a state-of-the-art operation that would meet the necessary environmental regulations.
"In accordance with ...
... with the government to address these concerns, but was ignored. Protesters began sit-ins and other actions, and were accused of starting fires and confrontations with police, a charge Aduviri denies.
The ...
... responsible multinational miner, the company is ready and waiting to restart the Didipio operations and to continue contributing to the Philippines’ post-Covid-19 recovery.” Due to the June 10, 2019 expiration ...
... about my choice. I worked as a security employee in the Ministry of Education, but the payment was not regular (...) when I left that job I said 'my partner is going to leave me'; but thank God I started ...
... Wharekirauponga (WKP), in the Coromandel, where it purchased rights to mine and explore in 2016.
The mining company has already started working on the tunnel on private farmland, even though it hasn’t ...
... operations. This, however, cannot be true given that the community continues to keep watch over the mine gates to prevent such a restart, limiting access during the shutdown to personnel responsible for ...