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1. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River
(Regional News)
... the State has failed to protect their health. The Unified Defense Front (Frente de Defensa Unificado) against the contamination of the Coata River basin announced that they will go on indefinite strike ...
Created on 28 December 2020
2. Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies
(Mining and Human Rights)
NEWS RELEASE : January 17, 2018 (Ottawa) Today, Canada’s International Trade Minister announced the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise to investigate human rights complaints ...
Created on 08 February 2018
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... victory, back in 2017, when El Salvador’s government announced it would be the first country in the world to issue a total ban on metal mining. For a half-century, the industry had been dumping waste and ...
Created on 03 April 2023
4. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... starts with a historical background of mining companies in El Salvador, the resistance against a series of mining projects that began operating unannounced in communities in the early 2000s, the resistance ...
Created on 29 June 2021
5. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal. In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...
Created on 15 June 2021
6. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business
(Mining and Human Rights)
... Fisekci announced, “Those are all the questions pertinent to the business of the meeting that we received from shareholders.” With that statement, Pan American Silver dismissed truly life-threatening concerns ...
Created on 17 May 2021
7. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala
(Mining and Human Rights)
... government agencies, and NGOs.” In September 2020, the company announced the launch of a “participatory monitoring program” in the municipality where the mine is located. In response to a letter sent ...
Created on 12 May 2021
8. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... titles across two mines in Cesar, La Jagua and Calenturitas. In February, Prodeco announced they were returning their mining contracts to the Colombian government and halting operations in the country, ...
Created on 22 April 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... Dominguez III announced the government’s plan to revive the mining industryby privatizing government-owned mines, including two abandoned nickel mines in Surigao del Norte province and Marinduque province. ...
Created on 15 April 2021
10. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... involving the Haile Gold Mine that had been announced by DHEC in the past year. The agency said in September it had fined the mine $11,200 after finding excessive water releases of thallium, a toxic ...
Created on 30 March 2021
11. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear
(Mining and Human Rights)
... Goldcorp’s behalf, lobbying decision-makers in Guatemala and at the IACHR for months following the commission’s request. In 2011 Guatemala announced it would not suspend the mine’s operations, and the ...
Created on 02 March 2021
12. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... most recent enforcement action, the Haile Gold Mine and a contract laboratory have been fined nearly $128,000 for violating environmental rules in recent months. In September, DHEC announced it had fined ...
Created on 12 February 2021
13. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the Salvadoran government announced a mandatory home quarantine that ended in mid-June. The measure forced the inhabitants to remain locked in their homes and, in those cases in when being out was not ...
Created on 05 January 2021
14. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried
(OceanaGold)
... impossible. Their governments also don’t hold large mining players to account, she said. When Ardern came into power in 2016, she announced plans to end all mining on conservation land. But so far, she ...
Created on 17 December 2020
15. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute
(Regional News)
... manner, and demanding that it retract the statement. It has not. Since then, the community has faced acts of intimidation, including two unannounced visits by the Guerrero state attorney, accompanied ...
Created on 28 November 2020
16. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees
(Mining and Human Rights)
... is announced by the Parliament President and the political group leaders 16 December: Sakharov Prize award ceremony in Strasbourg Next steps Based on the official nominations, the foreign affairs and ...
Created on 29 September 2020
17. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... greenwashing. The historic closure of big mines under the late former environment secretary Gina Lopez has been recently announced by current environment secretary and ex-general Roy Cimatu himself as ...
Created on 25 July 2020
18. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk
(Regional News)
... of illegalities orchestrated by CGN-PRONICO-Solway. Moreover, when President Giammattei announced the implementation of social distancing measures and the suspension of productive activities in the face ...
Created on 12 June 2020
19. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
(Regional News)
... Canadian mining company, Gabriel Resources, announced its second threat of arbitration against Romania. Gabriel Resources already has a multi-billion dollar case underway against this country for not having ...
Created on 03 May 2020
20. The PPDDH presents a report that addresses the socio-environmental impacts of the San Sebastián Mine
(Commerce Group)
... consequences.  Faced with these threats, the Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) and the Office of the Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) announced a Follow-up Report ...
Created on 26 December 2019
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