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21. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... can do whatever they want.” He said that the ruling class – which controls government institutions, police, and the military – provide mining companies protection. “They work in concert to realize corporate ...; Created on 12 May 2021
22. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Klein signed the petition. The petition underscores standing concerns from Xinka communities that Pan American Silver’s ongoing community relations activities are acts of bad faith that threaten the ...; Created on 12 May 2021
23. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned ...; Created on 06 May 2021
24. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... degradation, communities and organizations in La Guajira suffer constant death threats for defending their territory. This is a huge concern, considering that Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries ...; Created on 22 April 2021
25. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mine include the violent dispersal of protesters in 2009 and 2020. The UN High Commission for Human Rights is concerned. It said that last year around 100 police forcibly dispersed some 30 indigenous and ...; Created on 22 April 2021
26. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... access to natural resources within their concessions. “The Mining Act provides auxiliary rights to mines that allow them to cut timber, deplete water, and ‘ease out’ communities away from their lands,” ...; Created on 15 April 2021
27. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 11 April 2021
28. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... once they finish mining in the early 2030s. They also say waste areas on the site would be properly lined, and some materials treated to reduce their toxicity. The company, an international firm headquartered ...; Created on 02 April 2021
29. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... people, and they want to help this community as much as they can,’’ Dorman said, noting that the mine has funded community projects, such as a playground at a park. Restaurants are busier and once-vacant ...; Created on 30 March 2021
30. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... called for Goldcorp’s Marlin mine to be shut down in 2010. The commission made the unprecedented request in response to evidence that Indigenous communities had not been consulted about the mine and concerns ...; Created on 02 March 2021
31. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-Canada) launched a Parliamentary Petition in 2020 to address these human rights concerns. The petition garnered over 1000 signatures from concerned ...; Created on 25 February 2021
32. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to support the Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act. It’s long overdue that President Juan Orlando Hernández be held accountable for his troubling leadership.” “I remain extremely concerned ...; Created on 23 February 2021
33. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... 25. Timeline In April 2013, Emco Mining (now Inversiones Los Pinares) requested two mining concessions in the Montaña de Botaderos Carlos Escaleras Mejía National Park. On December 16, 2013, the ...; Created on 22 February 2021
34. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to Crawfish residents, developers did not present the Próspera project to them as a ZEDE. Once it was revealed to be a ZEDE, the project provoked national debate over whether the ZEDEs represented a privatization ...; Created on 15 February 2021
35. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... penalty against any South Carolina company in at least a year -- because of the period of time the gold mine did not follow the rules. The violations were noted in 2018 and 2019. “DHEC is always concerned ...; Created on 12 February 2021
36. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); Passage Liam Meisner Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone ...; Created on 21 January 2021
37. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... decision to interrupt the progress of a large-scale irrigation project. Peru has been threatened with additional cases in relation to a gas-distribution concession, the operation of a port on its southern ...; Created on 21 January 2021
38. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... even President Rodrigo Duterte expressed concern over the gold-copper mine’s resumption of operations. We strongly oppose the renewal of the FTAA (Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement) of OceanaGold. ...; Created on 08 January 2021
39. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... new in the mining sector. Since the late 1990s, nearly 50 cases concerning mining concessions have been brought before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), one of ...; Created on 06 January 2021
40. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Although the measure was more rigid in urban areas, in rural areas one of the main concerns was access to food since most agricultural production is focused on basic grains. Although the government promised ...; Created on 05 January 2021

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