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21. Members of Congress urge El Salvador to protect environment and communities from mining: (Background and reports ); ... of fresh water due to its release of acid mine drainage, which has serious effects on the environment. The country is also being sued in an international trade tribunal by Canadian mining company Pacific ...; Created on 27 November 2013
22. About mining in El Salvador: (Water no Gold); ... where mining operations are located. The community of San Sebastian, where US Corporation Commerce Group has its operations, is currently enduring the long term health impacts of acid drainage leaching ...; Created on 06 November 2013
23. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... process (typically cyanide used to separate gold from the rock), the toxins released by the mining (for example, arsenic is often released in El Salvador and elsewhere) as well as overall "acid-rock drainage", ...; Created on 22 September 2013
24. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... Sebastian mine. In 1977, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based mining company called Commerce Group closed its operations there. In the years since, bedrock exposed during mining caused acid drainage, which has ...; Created on 15 July 2013
25. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... former’s track record in San Sebastián, whose residents have “nothing to show for decades of gold extraction but the famous bright orange waters of the San Sebastián river, a classic sign of acid mine ...; Created on 08 July 2013
26. PRELIMINARY REPORT “Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador”: (Background and reports ); ... impacts of acid mine drainage in the rust-colored water of the San Sebastian river. We heard from local residents that instead of generating wealth for communities, large-scale mining leaves behind poverty ...; Created on 24 May 2013
27. Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically: (Commerce Group); ... times the compulsory standard for water for human consumption of iron. Local environmental organizations attribute this contamination to acid mine drainage leeching from mining waste and it is currently ...; Created on 21 November 2012
28. Sign Your Organization On to Support the Mesa: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... acceptable limit of cyanide and one thousand times the Salvadoran compulsory standard for water for human consumption of lead, a direct result of acid mine drainage from mining operations that were at ...; Created on 31 October 2012
29. Experts Will Assign Responsibility in Mining Case: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Sebastian mine still holds the attention of the Vice-minister, after having received complaints about the pollution whose main sources is a rust colored acidic discharge that comes from the slope of the ...; Created on 24 October 2012
30. El Salvador Mulls Total Ban on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 1999 but sought to return when the price of gold began its current escalation. After a Centre for Investigation of Investment and Commerce study found the local river to be 100,000 times more acidic than ...; Created on 24 October 2012
31. Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River: (Cerro Blanco); ... possible risks of acid-generating rock,” which is the main source of pollution in the San Sebastian mining in El Salvador, as well as the time it will require to close the mine. He finishes by pointing ...; Created on 11 September 2012
32. Mining for Gold: A “Pact with the Devil”?: (FTAs & ISDS); ... consequences: once the mining excavations expose sulfide to the air and rain, it is converted to sulfuric acid. With each new rain, the acid unleashes new toxic substances down the mountain and into the ...; Created on 30 August 2012
33. Solidarity from 3,000 Miles Away: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... mining on our neighbors (Guatemala and Honduras), and we have lived and suffered through the damages subterranean gold mining causes in our very own communities. Water and soil pollution, acid mine drainage, ...; Created on 26 July 2012
34. The MARN Confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión: (Commerce Group); ... cyanide and iron, among other substances. The main source of contamination that was identified is a discharge of acid water that is rust colored following down from the higher ground on the Cosiguina ...; Created on 16 July 2012
35. LPG: Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River: (Commerce Group); Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River (LPG) Yesterday a delegation of specialists collected samples from the river Written by Ángela Alfaro Tuesday, July 3, 2012 00:00 Translated ...; Created on 05 July 2012
36. Investigations into Pollution in the San Sebastian River: (Commerce Group); ... “if the water is clear, there is no pollution.” The river accumulates all the acid mine drainage, especially the drainage washed down in the rainy season of metals leaching from the mountain, exactly ...; Created on 05 July 2012
37. Al Gedicks and Eric Hansen: Mine law needs public process, not ‘consensus’: (2013 North America Tour); ... or the rock surrounding the ore body. Sulfides exposed to air and water create acid mine drainage. Exxon could not meet the requirements of the law and withdrew from the controversial Crandon mine project, ...; Created on 18 May 2012
38. Lucha contra la Minería Enciende Demandas Internacionales: (Commerce Group); ... de varios movimientos sociales, y ha desarrollado la capacidad de entrenar de manera técnica sobre calidad la de agua y químicos tóxicos,” Morrill me dijo el martes durante una visita a Milwaukee, donde ...; Created on 08 May 2012
39. No al Oro Sucio en El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... al pueblo salvadoreño. 2. El pueblo de la zona sigue sufriendo las consecuencias de las actividades de Commerce Group a través del drenaje ácido de la mina abandonada. Según un estudio científico llevado ...; Created on 28 February 2012
40. Anti-Mining Theater: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... mining process: acid mine drainage. They also spoke with a former employee of the mine who said that almost all his coworkers from his mining days have died of illness. One of the members of the theater ...; Created on 27 February 2012

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