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21. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... is back in the news after announcing its reactivation. Why is it important for us to be informed about this case? We explain more in this first thread: According to MadreSelva, Bluestone Resources, the ...; Created on 06 May 2021
22. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the country's coronavirus-devastated economy. The mining industry has stagnated since 2012 when Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, imposed a moratorium on new projects following public backlash over ...; Created on 05 May 2021
23. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and activist who directed a cultural center in his rural hometown of San Isidro. The authors recount these dramatic setbacks and how the movement responded to them, extracting lessons that might apply ...; Created on 23 April 2021
24. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... in resuscitating an economy bogged down by the COVID-19 pandemic, by generating revenue and jobs and contributing to Duterte’s flagship infrastructure program. Duterte’s pivot in favor of mining goes back ...; Created on 15 April 2021
25. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The official, we are told by Miguel, backed down when community water defenders insisted on authenticating the cyanide sample before the liquid was drunk.” Miguel Rivera then told the authors, “The company ...; Created on 11 April 2021
26. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the government under the rigged rules that govern investment across borders. As we describe in our new book, The Water Defenders, communities across El Salvador fought back. They studied the science ...; Created on 28 March 2021
27. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... civil war that lasted 12 years. As people that were working together to defend El Salvador now were probably shooting at each other the decade earlier. So that is great to see how people can come back ...; Created on 22 March 2021
28. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); CNCA Today the Federal Court of Canada hears a case alleging that the Canadian government is improperly withholding information about its diplomatic interventions on behalf of a Canadian company accused ...; Created on 02 March 2021
29. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Canada, catherine@miningwatch.ca Patricia Lisson, International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-Canada), ichrpcanada@gmail.com For background information, see: Background brief ...; Created on 25 February 2021
30. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... That is the purpose of this legislation,” said Leahy. “Human rights violations, democratic backsliding, and drug trafficking have been unchecked in Honduras for far too long,” Durbin said, “I am proud ...; Created on 23 February 2021
31. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue: (OceanaGold); ... the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and follows other violations that were noted back in 2018 and 2019. According to the DHEC, OceanaGold is accused of releasing excessive amounts ...; Created on 15 February 2021
32. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... what pushing back against Canadian corporate interests can do. In 2011, Aduviri, an Indigenous Aymara leader from Peru’s Puno region, helped lead a protest movement against a silver mine in the region ...; Created on 21 January 2021
33. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to halt its operation back in October. Padilla also issued a cease and desist order against the company in June 2019. OGPI refused to acknowledge the order and filed a petition before the local court to ...; Created on 08 January 2021
34. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... not think backward “sometimes when one is stressed, one goes to the orchard and begins to work there, and it changes your mood to know that what you sow will need watering and work, but eventually, you ...; Created on 05 January 2021
35. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); ... not going to be reduced." In this regard, she indicated that the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Perú must enforce clear rules for mining companies. Leaders demand attention In a statement backed by ...; Created on 28 December 2020
36. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed over a year ago, as well as numerous cases and actions still arising from the Odebrecht scandal that became public back in 2016, to the conclusion of treaties departing ...; Created on 19 December 2020
37. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... spokespeople to find out more information about the new tunnel in Waihi, but she wasn’t given clear answers, she said. “They said they’d reach back out in four days,” Peachey said, seven days after her ...; Created on 17 December 2020
38. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... calling back workers and contractors before resolving the conflict. The company was obliged to issue another press release on Friday stating that the mine is shut down. More than a decade of devastation ...; Created on 28 November 2020
39. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... by the mine. The partnership was created in remarkable secrecy. In response to written questions from this journalistic alliance, Nucor did not explain why it signed a backstage agreement and didn’t ...; Created on 28 November 2020
40. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and indigenous Hondurans have been forcibly displaced, criminalized and killed in conflicts with powerful conglomerates over land and water. The current struggle dates back to 2011 when the Botaderos ...; Created on 07 October 2020

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