Gloria Silvia Orellana - Co Latino
"Two years after the Law on the Prohibition of Metal Mining was passed, its application is yet to be implemented," expressed Rodolfo Calles from CRIPDES / ACAFREMIN. ...
... left, artisanal miners began their operations working in small groups (called panas) that average 10 to 20 members per operation without meeting any legal requirements established in the pre prohibition ...
... be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative balance of power in favor of the prohibition in the short term, and the executive government´s in the mid-term. ...
... a law prohibiting mining exploration and exploitation, it makes no sense to maintain a company like Minerales Torogoz, OceanaGold's subsidiary in El Salvador, whose sole mandate is gold exploitation.” said ...
Beatriz Calderón / ACAN-EFE
A march led by archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas arrived at the Legislature demand the prohibition of metal mining.
A group of Salvadorans marched today to demand that ...
... Radio Programs of El Salvador (ARPAS) and the Central American University "José Simeón Cañas" (UCA) reiterated their commitment to continue to promote pertinent actions that lead to a law that prohibits ...
... Cañas (UCA), which states that 77% of population believe that the Salvadoran State should permanently prohibit mining in El Salvador.
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The survey "Opinions and ...
... race for industrial and technological development. Metal mining in El Salvador should be prohibited because it is an expression of an unjust and violent model of development that is affecting our region. ...
... anniversary of the historic mining prohibition, approved unanimously by the Legislative Assembly in 2017, there are signs that the government of President Nayib Bukele is creating conditions to overturn ...
... prohibition is facing new threats. On January 11, the Salvadoran government ordered the arrest of five prominent anti-mining activists and water defenders: Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, ...
... Bukele has shown no interest in implementing pending aspects of the mining prohibitions of 2017, like environmental remediation and reparation for the victims of the mining conflicts."
"On the contrary," ...
... from the rest of the removed material, as such its use in mining has been prohibited in many countries such as the United States, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Argentina, among others.
12. That although ...
... convinced that the country is not prepared for the repeal of the Law of Prohibition of Metallic Mining. It is clear that the ecological conditions why metallic mining was banned have not been overcome ...
*ANDRES MCKINLEY - El Faro
On March 29, 2017, the Salvadoran population celebrated with joy, hope and pride the approval of a law prohibiting metallic mining in all of its forms at the national level. ...
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Despite of the success of the campaign and the fact that the mining prohibition has been in force for the last four years, La Mesa affirms that there has been no commitment on the part of the Salvadoran ...
... by lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc.
“Local 'no mining zones' and a legislated prohibition of the destructive open pit method will allow us to conserve our mineral resources until such time a genuine ...
... ban by prohibiting all large-scale metalliferous mining activity at every stage including prospection and exploration, not only exploitation.
However, under increasing pressure from industry, the Chubut ...
... to defeat a lawsuit by OceanaGold, a multinational firm that argued the Salvadoran government did not have the right to prohibit mining.
How Salvadorans achieved such major wins against enormous odds ...
... Honduran Congress cut 217 hectares from the core zone of the park from which construction was prohibited. On January 28, 2014, the first licence was granted to Emco Mining for their planned open-pit iron ...