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1. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.
(Commerce Group)
The Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights released a Special Report on the toxic legacy of the San Sebastian mine and the impacts on the human rights of the affected populations.    The Special Report, ...
Created on 02 March 2016
2. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... liters of water daily, the equivalent usage of a peasant family over a period of 30 years. A nickel mine on the shores of Lake Izabal in the same country uses thirteen times the amount of water required ...
Created on 14 December 2021
3. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site
(La Puya International Support Letter)
... suspended the mining licence because there had not been prior consultation with affected communities, as is required under Guatemalan and international law, in particular the International Labour Organization’s ...
Created on 22 May 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... a transition is required that not only seeks to change the energy matrix, but also questions and rethinks the model of excessive production and consumption that underlies the ecological crisis, and which ...
Created on 22 April 2021
5. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... from local government and the community. “The company secured mining rights under a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA), which required it to reach agreement with landholders for access ...
Created on 22 April 2021
6. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption
(OceanaGold)
... in the air, but did not tell the agency as required, state regulators say. Several Sierra Club members who attended the meeting, as well as neighbors, said that is unacceptable. Estridge, who also ...
Created on 02 April 2021
7. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... letters of credit, corporate guarantees and other mechanisms. DHEC did not directly address whether more cash would be required, but a spokeswoman indicated in an email that the $10 million in cash posted ...
Created on 30 March 2021
8. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue
(OceanaGold)
... excessive amounts of mercury, failing to submit the required pollution test results, providing misleading statements and failing to secure a DHEC permit An independent third-party has been hired to audit ...
Created on 15 February 2021
9. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... failed to submit pollution test results as required, provided misleading statements and failed to get a DHEC permit. An agency spokeswoman said DHEC levied the $100,000 fine -- the heftiest air pollution ...
Created on 12 February 2021
10. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South
(Mining and Human Rights)
... penalties and easier pathways to prosecution of these companies are required, and Canada needs to work with other governments to ensure that local communities are listened to, rather than attacked, when ...
Created on 21 January 2021
11. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
...  corn comes from." Alfredo Romero, a 77 years old farmer prefers conventional agriculture due to the large quantity of work required for organic agriculture. For Alfredo, the main problem of organi ...
Created on 05 January 2021
12. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration
(ISDS)
... but that treaty protection was limited to assets “invested by investors”, so an action of investing was also required. In March 2020, Switzerland’s highest court set aside the Clorox award. Unpersuaded ...
Created on 19 December 2020
13. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... But in 2013, the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador pressured for a new round of privatizations through a Public Private Partnership Law, which the U.S. required El Salvador to adopt in order to receive $277 ...
Created on 01 December 2020
14. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... also complies with the highest national and international regulations in each process, required by the authorities to operate in Honduras.” The company spokesperson said Pinares “is characterized by ...
Created on 25 September 2020
15. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case
(Regional News)
... presented themselves to the courts to resolve the trumped up charges, which is sufficient legal basis for them to face their proceedings in freedom. None of the charges they face automatically required ...
Created on 18 August 2020
16. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate
(Regional News)
... as implementing all the plans required by the Law on Civil Protection, Prevention, and Mitigation of Disasters. And the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) must stop granting environmental ...
Created on 06 June 2020
17. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... This is supported by the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines. In fact, disclosure went beyond what was required by the 2013 Standard. Albeit incomplete, the Philippines was a model in disclosing environmental ...
Created on 08 March 2020
18. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington
(Regional News)
... to demand that the municipality holds the town halls, required by law, to determine if the affected communities are in agreement with the project.  The main concern for Tocoa residents is the destruction ...
Created on 24 October 2019
19. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America
(Background and reports )
... ruling in response to the struggle by local inhabitants, who had not been properly consulted, as required by law. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPS AN SALVADOR, Feb 19 2019 (IPS) - Like an octopus, metals mining ...
Created on 07 May 2019
20. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...
(La Puya International Support Letter)
... failed to obtain community consent or the required permits to operate, companies allege a loss of investment as the basis for filing these suits. In KCA’s case, owner Daniel Kappes and the company’s legal ...
Created on 26 February 2019
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