Public Private Partnerships open the possibility of mining in El Salvador
We are concerned that the PPP law opens the door for approval of mining projects in the northern region of the country. ...
COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS REJECT CERRO BLANCO MINE AND DEMAND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA TO ORDERS ITS IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION. February 26, 2013
Communities and organizations convened under ...
Given its failure to pay its fees to ICSID, the tribunal rejected the extension request by the mining company Commerce Group in the trial against El Salvador
On August 9th the International Centre for ...
International tribunal rejects Milwaukee mining company’s $100 million claim against El Salvador
International community continues to demand reparations for environmental damage
Washington, DC: ...
International week of action to defend El Salvador´s mining ban and demand the release of the five Water Defenders of Santa Marta
As social organizations in El Salvador recently celebrated the sixth ...
... statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against the five water defenders or, at the very least, release them from prison to await their trial. Currently, they are being held ...
... think tank that also advocated for the mining ban, said in a statement.
Vidalina Morales, president of ADES, speaking at an event calling for the release of the five arrested activists. (Photo courtesy ...
... on environmentally destructive metal mining. More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against and release five water ...
... under normal legal processes and not under the provisions of the current “state of emergency” and that the detainees be released to wait for their trial in the community.
We also demand that the government ...
CNCA
Today the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) releases draft model legislation that provides lawmakers with a blueprint for writing into Canadian law the corporate duty to respect ...
... Philippines. The Philippines is also dangerous for journalists, trade unionists, peasants and environmentalists. According to a report released by Global Witness, the Philippines had the highest number ...
... requests in 2014.
The documents released to date, though redacted, show that Canadian officials engaged on Goldcorp’s behalf with decision-makers in Guatemala and Washington after the Organization ...
... of Honduras to "release the eight defenders immediately" and to grant them the effective right to compensation and reparation. The Group further called on the government to "conduct a thorough and independent ...
... has thus far refused to release any details about its communications with Goldcorp, Guatemala, or the commission itself.
Another Canadian court is currently hearing a separate case about a mining firm ...
... commissioner, has urged the state of Honduras to release them immediately.
Since it launched its project in Tocoa, Inversiones Los Pinares has reinforced patterns of violence, stigmatization, defamation ...
... a press release presenting the results of the drilling programme at the Cerro Blanco project with “three subway and thirteen surface drill holes totalling 4,493 meters.”
The Canadian company, Bluestone ...
... a series of devastating mining accidents. The executive order released Thursday was welcomed by the mining sector -- but green groups branded the decision "outrageous" and warned it could lead to more environmental ...
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 ...
... too much cyanide. The releases also killed water bugs.
OceanaGold’s most recently disclosed troubles follow three separate DHEC enforcement cases involving the Haile Gold Mine.
The agency said in September ...
... to see how they hold up. The company’s discharge permit says wastewater releases are not supposed to kill more than 40 percent of the bugs per day, but the mine reported “100% mortality,’’ according to ...