... the suspension of the license for exploitation for the controversial Progreso VII Mining Project, commonly known as El Tambor. Despite the court’s order, the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mining stated ...
... system ANDA.
That is to say, the law proposes the creation of a mechanism that allows the legalization of dispossession (exploitation and contamination) currently carried out by some companies (such ...
... been producing gold since 1904 under different modes of ownership. The latest venture was led by Milwaukee based company Commerce Group which exploited the mine on and off between 1985 and 2006. The company ...
... still companies in the country that could benefit from mining exploitation, such as Torogoz Minerals or the El Dorado Foundation. Both subsidiaries of OceanaGold to influence the population of Cabañas ...
... land, cutting fences, and exploring.
Community leaders, highly politicized from the war years, traveled to mining communities in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras, where gold had been exploited for ...
... authorities to try to have an exploitation license approved. At the local level in Cabañas, the company led a disastrous community relations campaign that engendered deadly conflict in the communities ...
... In 2018 the panorama would have been even worse, if El Salvador had given into the pretensions of transnational mining companies to exploit gold and silver in the northern part of the country.
Given ...
... investment embodies a copy of models that have been used in other countries where corporate social responsibility initiatives have been used to promote mining exploitation.
Translated by: Giada Ferrucc ...
... the exploration, extraction, exploitation and processing, whether open pit or underground, in Salvadorian territory. The law composed by 11 articles, prohibits as well the use of chemical toxic elements ...
... them what mining exploitation would bring. At the meeting the company workers were told that they community was not interested in the form of development that ultimately brought death, but they continued ...