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21. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... to railroad the passage” of the law, and he believes Duterte will not enact a stronger human rights policy, or strictly regulate foreign interests. In August, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau announced ...
Created on 04 October 2019
22. Getting the shaft on mining abuses
(Background and reports )
... operations.  Instead, the Liberals have announced the establishment of an advisory post that may or may not have the power to investigate corporations, or even compel documents or testimony. This person ...
Created on 05 May 2019
23. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala
(Cerro Blanco)
... pay Goldcorp another $15 million during the first six months of production. In addition, on March 1, 2019, Bluestone announced an agreement with Cormark Securities Inc., an international financial consortium, ...
Created on 03 May 2019
24. OceanaGold announces it will stay in El Salvador despite prohibition
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... had paid the eight million dollars, plus interests, in legal costs; however, it announced in the same statement that the company will be transforming its activities to sustainable, agricultural enterprises. ...
Created on 27 July 2017
25. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... opening time. Cartagena and many others celebrated when the results were announced. Over 98 percent of Cinquerans voted “NO” to mining. A month later, a total ban on metal mining became law. From the ...
Created on 26 June 2017
26. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... opposition from a wide range of groups inside and outside El Salvador, the ICSID tribunal ruled against the company. When legislators announced that they would begin serious discussion on the mining ban, ...
Created on 16 April 2017
27. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... Pacific Rim Mining first announced its intention to sue in April 2009, after outgoing Salvadoran President Saca declared that he would not issue any new mine permits until a strategic environmental assessment ...
Created on 03 March 2017
28. Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... to the report by Legislator Guillermo Mata, in which he announced that they (the Environment and Climate Change Commission of the Legislative Assembly) will discuss the subject of mining, members of La ...
Created on 10 February 2017
29. El Salvador wins arbitration against Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim mining company
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... set in 250 million dollars.   The General Attorney announced that the arbitration award was in favor of the State of El Salvador. Although we are pleased with the result, it must be said that El Salvador ...
Created on 20 October 2016
30. PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
  After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy ...
Created on 14 October 2016
31. PRESS RELEASE: Release the Verdict Now!
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the president announced an administrative freeze on mining permits.  Pacific Rim conveniently failed to mention the fact that it had failed to meet regulatory requirements to obtain a permit for its El ...
Created on 06 October 2016
32. Pacific Rim tried to negotiate with the government anticipating and adverse ruling
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... it had been announced that the award (ruling) could be ready in in late August, he has now says been told that it is likely to be until mid-September and, if favorable, would be a symbolic achievement. ...
Created on 26 September 2016
33. Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... President Mauricio Funes announced an administrative freeze on mining related proceses in 2009. The company had failed to meet regulatory requirements to obtain a permit for its El Dorado project, yet ...
Created on 17 September 2016
34. Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... President Mauricio Funes announced an administrative freeze on mining related proceses in 2009. The company had failed to meet regulatory requirements to obtain a permit for its El Dorado project, yet ...
Created on 17 September 2016
35. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... a case yet. Which brings us back to Keystone. A Taste of Things to Come TransCanada, the Canadian firm that wanted to build the pipeline, announced at the start of the new year that it will seek $15 ...
Created on 02 February 2016
36. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
...    When President Mauricio Funes announced an administrative freeze on mining related permits in 2009, Pacific Rim launched a lawsuit against the government of El Salvador for $77 million dollars. Despite ...
Created on 07 January 2016
37. Resistance against the bloodsucker
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Since 2008, however, there has been no more digging in the country. The reason: the government in San Salvador has announced a moratorium, based on environmental concerns, which freezes all mining activities. ...
Created on 03 January 2016
38. Murdered environmental activists remembered
(Mining and Human Rights)
... to obtain a mining permit for its El Dorado project in 2008, but when newly elected president, Mauricio Funes, announced an administrative freeze on mining permits in 2009, the company launched a lawsuit ...
Created on 30 December 2014
39. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador
(Territories Free of Mining)
... free of mining of El Salvador.   On September 22nd, a delegation led by Mayor José Felipe Tobar announced at a press conference in San Salvador that 67% of those community members listed in the official ...
Created on 24 September 2014
40. Social movements celebrate historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... engaged in this process since September 2013 when Ecuador first announced its initiative to push for binding codes. “One of the main demands of the Global Campaign to Campaign to Dismantle Corporate ...
Created on 26 June 2014
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