... State the payment of 250 million on the basis of potential profits lost due to not having received the government permits to carry out the El Dorado gold mining project, constituted an act of blackmailing ...
... about the promotion and education on mining that the El Dorado Foundation (face of "Corporate Social Responsibility" of OceanaGold, formerly Pacific Rim) is doing in Cabañas, a department in the north of ...
... the Association for the Economic Development of El Salvador presented testimonies about the impact that mining corporation Pacific Rim/OceanaGold generated in Cabañas as a result of its El Dorado mining ...
... are already scarce and vulnerability to the effects of climate change high, that Pacific Rim (which was later bought by OceanaGold) first obtained concessions for its proposed El Dorado project in 2002. ...
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www.ips-dc.org/mining_for_profits_update2013/
See for example miningwatch.ca/news/2016/3/23/report-mining-corporate-social-responsibility-and-conflict-oceanagold-and-el-dorado; www.stopesmining.org/j25/; ...
... the unwanted El Dorado project from its slate, but – mystifyingly – it hangs on. Company investors and analysts should be taking the opportunity at the meeting today to ask why it holds on to its reputation ...
... Australian-Canadian mining company has been attempting to get its controversial El Dorado gold mining project off the ground in El Salvador.
Carlos Padilla, governor of the Philippines province of Nueva ...
... dignity, approve this law that aims to protect El Salvador, to protect everyone, especially the poorest that live in those (affected) areas.”
The years long struggle had a dark side. The El Dorado project ...
... to lobby against the bill.
On March 23, a pro-mining protest was organized by the El Dorado Foundation (the foundation created and funded by OceanaGold) in front of the Legislative Assembly while the ...
... Pacific Rim filed a lawsuit against El Salvador because the Central American country denied permission to exploit the El Dorado gold mine in the north of the country.
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... dollars.
The case dates back to 2009 when Canadian miner Pacific Rim filed a lawsuit against El Salvador after the Central American country denied permission to mine the El Dorado gold mine in the northern ...
... the proposed El Dorado mine in Cabañas), and the aggressive strategy used by multinational mining corporations that utilize provisions in trade agreements to sue countries that prioritize environmental ...
... for the El Dorado gold mine in San Isidro, Cabañas.
“OceanaGold has to accept the ICSID decision and immediately pay the US$8 million that it owes to El Salvador for legal expenses and expenses,” said ...
... Rim’s PR and Lobby Strategy
Faced with strong and growing opposition to its project, Pacific Rim could not meet regulatory requirements to obtain the permits it needed to put its proposed El Dorado project ...
... approximately 250 million dollars as compensation for not letting it exploit El Dorado mine in San Isidro, Cabañas.
In 2002, the company had started exploration works in the mine after acquiring permits, ...
... the government of then-President Elías Antonio Saca of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) denied the company a permit to operate the El Dorado mine in 2008 near the municipality of ...
... its activities through its subsidiary Minerales Torogoz and the El Dorado Foundation in San Isidro, Cabañas. These actions range from giving away promotional items in favor of mining, promoting excursions ...
... and human life.
"We in the communities are against OceanaGold and its El Dorado Foundation, they have set up their operations in San Isidro, Cabañas, knowing well that we reject this type of industry in ...
... that initiates a process of popular consultation, in a territory where the El Dorado Foundation and Minerales Torogoz, subsidiaries of OceanaGold, are known to operate, said Vidalina Morales representative ...
... company Pacific Rim Cayman (now part of the Australian-Canadian company Oceana Gold) regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence for the El Dorado mine, a gold-mining project in Cabañas, ...