Goldcorp''s mine in El Salvador a ''threat'' to human rights ...
Jan 14, 2013· The article says El Salvador''s human rights defense attorney general (PDDH), Oscar Luna, claims Cerro Blanco mine will greatly endanger the .
Jan 14, 2013· The article says El Salvador''s human rights defense attorney general (PDDH), Oscar Luna, claims Cerro Blanco mine will greatly endanger the .
[2] El Salvador Gold, Guns, and Choice: The El Dorado gold mine, violence in Cabanas, CAFTA claims, and the national effort to ban mining Richard Steiner, Professor Member, IUCN/CEESP International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Commission on Environmental Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) [click to view]
Jul 31, 2015· Note: This article was written prior to a history mining ban that took place in El Salvador in 2017, essentially banning all metal mining within the country. There has long been conflict between outside mining interests and the environmental concerns of residents in the area. While a blanket ban on mining is not a realistic [.]
The Divisadero Gold Mine is near San Francisco Gotera, El Salvador. The Divisadero Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to reopen. The ore mined is composed of gold. Associated rock in this area is volcanic rock (aphanitic).
A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay 315 million ... "There is currently no industrial goldmining occurring in El Salvador. ... ©2020 Public Radio International.
In March 2017, the Republic of El Salvador passed a national law prohibiting metal mining activities in the country. Shortly after the passing of this legislation, OceanaGold made the decision to exit El Salvador and began the process of closing its activities at El Dorado.
Jun 23, 2017· The Environmental Secretary who ordered the suspension of the Didipio mine was not confirmed under heavy pressure from the mining lobby in the Philippines in May, but the underlying conflicts have not gone away. "Ignoring or papering over the problems the company has in El Salvador and the Philippines is not going to make them disappear.
Aug 11, 2010· Mining for El Salvador''s Gold — In Washington. An international tribunal gives the green light to a lawsuit brought by two companies attempting to overcome strong public and government resistance to their destructive gold mining.
El Salvador''s refusal to allow gold mining within its borders sets it apart from most other Latin American countries, but the mining suspension is far from permanent. Since 2007, three successive presidents, from both the rightwing ARENA and leftwing FMLN parties, have maintained an administrative metals mining "industry freeze."
As reported in Diario CoLatino, ADES has concluded that the waste from the mining operation will pollute local water supplies and adversely impact local agriculture and fisheries. The mine is operated by a Canadian company, Pacific Rim. The El Dorado mine is the first commercialscale gold mine in El Salvador.
Sep 14, 2012· But this tale is not just about El Salvador and the people of San Sebastian. Nor about the need for those of us in the United States to help ensure that a company pays for the damage it has caused and that goldmining not return to environmentallyvulnerable El Salvador.
Mar 30, 2017· El Salvador makes history as first nation to impose blanket ban on metal mining ... declaring El Salvador a miningfree territory. ... "Today water won over gold.
The Mesa recognizes that renouncing gold mining would be an epic decision for El Salvador, with significant global implications. Though the stakes are high, it may be easier for El Salvador to ban mining than for countries already heavily dependent on mining export revenues—including those with leftleaning governments, like Bolivia and Ecuador.
Apr 28, 2015· Antimining. El Salvador has also made the headlines in past weeks because the impoverished nation may be forced to pay US300 million in damages to AustralianCanadian miner OceanaGold (TSE, ASX ...
Apr 11, 2017· El Salvador is a small and densely populated country. Yet by 2012 the government had 22 requests for gold exploration, allowing gold mines to monopolize % of the land. The appropriation of land for mining often takes the form of land .
In March 2017 social movements in El Salvador achieved a major victory the approval of a complete ban on all metal mining in the country, the first country in the world to do so. This momentous socioenvironmental struggle shows us that the powerful don''t always win, and that it''s possible to win against the strategies of corporations hell bent on expanding their destructive extractive projects.
Mar 31, 2017· San Salvador — At the urging of Catholic leaders, El Salvador has passed a law banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the ...
El Salvador''s Gold Fight. At stake in El Salvador''s movement to ban mining is the question of whether private interests can trump national sovereignty. By Michael Busch. Edited by .
Sep 15, 2014· Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where .
Apr 01, 2017· El Salvador''s law was adopted after a long dispute between the government and a Canadian company that had made an investment in a gold mining venture. El Salvador .
May 20, 2017· ''Artisanal'' miners in El Salvador face ruin as ban comes into force Severe water pollution has led to metal mining being outlawed in the central American country but smallscale gold .
Mar 29, 2017· SAN SALVADOR — Lawmakers in El Salvador voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to prohibit all mining for gold and other metals, making the country the first in the world to impose a nationwide ban ...
Mar 30, 2017· El Salvador, Central America''s smallest nation, has become the first country in the world to ban metals mining nationwide following a longrunning dispute with a .
Sep 10, 2013· El Salvador: buried treasure or fool''s gold? Latin America''s mixed feelings about its mineral wealth. ... mining executive Tom Shrake saw gold. .
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