... mainly by nickel demand from China and a high gold price. The precious metal peaked at $2,000 per ounce last August and is expected to average at $1,700 this year as investors seek out a safe-haven asset. ...
... murder and their arrest or whether or not anyone else tried to investigate. Initial investigative questions are never posed in the book: Were there any witnesses to his abduction? If not, who was the last ...
... mine,’’ said Chuck Sanders, who said he lives two miles away from the Haile site. “Having read over the last couple of years the different violations with mercury, cyanide, rat poison and so forth, I just ...
... are the latest in a series of environmental troubles to surface about the mining operation.
Since last summer, DHEC has fined the gold-digging operation nearly $128,000 for violating environmental ...
... of that award, starting another process that could last another two years. So, yes, it was a welcome surprise.
Marco Werman: So what do you think this experience says about how political change is happening ...
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... in Crawfish Rock, Roatán, as she remembers her grandmother who passed away last May at 90 years old. “She was the one who fought for us to have the road, the school, water, all of the basic projects… the ...
... the last year that the company has run into trouble with the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and follows other violations noted in 2018 and 2019 The company is accused of releasing ...
... with the law, the department said. State officials said Haile paid the fine last month.
Haile officials say they found the mercury problems, blaming the delay in providing mercury test results to DHEC ...
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1. A Wave of Cases Against Latin American States Last year saw a wave of cases against Latin American states, driven in particular, but not exclusively, by a large number of claims filed against Peru, ...
... Agreement (FTAA) of the government with OceanaGold.
The governor said the floods that devastated northern Luzon last December were partly because the watersheds of the Cagayan River in Nueva Vizcaya ...
... from multinational mining company Pac Rim appeared in their home province of Cabañas. This ignited a people’s fight against corporate power that would last for over a decade. In The Water Defenders: How ...
... government offices.
OGPI’s 25-year contract with the Philippine government to develop and exploit the minerals in Didipio, Kasibu town expired June 20 last year. Residents of Didipio, supported by ...
... of the area, local organizations began training processes in organic agriculture. Through these activities, more than 1,000 families have been trained during the last seven years. Currently, 250 families ...
... existing case law on the role of arbitral tribunals in gathering evidence and the standard used to prove acts of corruption. Last but not least, we expect to see a number of cases and post discussing ways ...
... the moment, Canada has an ombudsperson role, introduced last year, that reviews claims of human and environmental rights abuses by mining and oil and gas companies. But it doesn’t have the authority to ...
... to cutting costs, this is presumably part of the company’s strategy to pressure the community to cease their strike.
Late last week, the community agreed to lift its encampment to advance talks, but ...
... killed. In the same report, mining was cited as the “deadliest” sector.
Last week, September 28, the Center for Environment Concerns – Philippines (CEC) recognized the valiant environment defenders who ...
... notified last month that an appellate court had reinstated criminal proceedings against them.
Over the past two years, 31 people from Tocoa have faced criminal prosecution as a result of their opposition ...
... of dollars.
The plant has been mismanaged over the last 15 years, so now we have an annual deficit of $33 million.
The Nayib Bukele administration has claimed that the Las Pavas water plant has ...