... criminalized by the Honduran government for defending the Guapinol River against the environmental impacts of a new iron oxide mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park.
So far, at least eight people ...
... had been tapped.
He said the mining industry could bring "significant economic benefits to the country" by supporting the government's "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure programme and creating jobs.
The ...
Manila Bulletin
Madelaine B. Miraflor
Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) and the Philippine government are now finalizing the terms of their updated Financial and Technical ...
PROSPECT
Sasha Chavkin
From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...
... also revealed how many governments were taking extraordinary steps to suppress protests in mining contexts, as well as how companies and governments were taking advantage of the crisis to establish new ...
... public about its mine in Didipio in Central Luzon.
The Philippine government said it would renew the company’s right to mine in Didipio last December. OceanaGold said that proved it was “a responsible ...
... him ban open-pit mining in 2017 and close or suspend 26 mining operations for environmental violations. The government says the industry, which contributed 0.76% to the country’s GDP in 2020, is important ...
... concession and led to the national ban.
The authors emphasize the importance of reaching out to government officials, church authorities, and long-standing political adversaries in building a broad ...
... 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 ...
... lobbyists.
Beyond offering these few carrots, they also carried a large stick. When the Salvadoran government paused new mining licenses to study the issue, the mining companies filed lawsuits against ...