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1. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment
(FTAs & ISDS)
... They are suing for millions and billions of dollars as a result of court decisions, public policies, and other government measures that they claim reduce the value of their investments. In the majority ...
Created on 03 May 2019
2. Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution. by Robin Broad and John Cavanah Published in: http://fpif.org/meet-company-suing-el-salvador-right-poison-water/ ...
Created on 04 September 2014
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... which it was suing at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for denying Pacific Rim, a subsidiary of OceanaGold, an exploitation license in the northern Cabañas ...
Created on 06 April 2023
4. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation
(Cerro Blanco)
... by issuing a public statement declaring the referendum illegal and not sanctioned by the government of Guatemala, however, local activists said that neither the ministry nor the company has jurisdiction ...
Created on 22 September 2022
5. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People
(Mining and Human Rights)
... point: A Nevada-based mining company is suing the Guatemalan government for over $400 million, claiming violations of investor protections in the CAFTA-DR. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) argues in ...
Created on 07 June 2021
6. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support
(Mining and Human Rights)
... in Guatemala. Eleven indigenous women are suing the company Hudbay Minerals (previously Skye Resources), accusing it of complicity in their gang rape, allegedly by security personal at Fenix mine in 2007. ...
Created on 07 May 2021
7. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... from the company. From the Porco mine we travel to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, where Glencore is pursuing an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) case against Bolivia. ...
Created on 22 April 2021
8. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
(OceanaGold Philippines)
MONGABAY Leilani Chavez President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw ...
Created on 15 April 2021
9. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... the almost-seven-year-long Pac Rim lawsuit against El Salvador at the ICSID. Pac Rim sued the Salvadoran government for not issuing them a mining permit. It took the ICSID six years and 10 months—and cost ...
Created on 11 April 2021
10. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... his death in 2015. According to Earth Rights International, which is suing the World Bank for investing in the late Mr. Facussé’s Dinant Corporation, the company has been “at the center of a decades-long ...
Created on 25 September 2020
11. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River
(Regional News)
... affected communities before issuing licenses, resulting in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards. The state employed its legal and repressive institutions, such as the ...
Created on 20 August 2020
12. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
(Regional News)
... mining companies suing over projects that people have managed to halt through direct action and in the courts. This month, in Guatemala, the Peaceful Resistance “La Puya” celebrates eight years of struggle ...
Created on 03 May 2020
13. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender
(Regional News)
... affected communities before issuing licences, which resulted in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards. The government used its legal and repressive institutions, such as ...
Created on 20 April 2020
14. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court
(Regional News)
... organized to challenge the company over concerns that the mine would pollute their precious groundwater. In response to these concerns, the government of El Salvador repeatedly declined issuing Pacific ...
Created on 27 August 2018
15. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... members learned about the huge threat the cyanide used in mining posed to their main source of water, and they convinced their government to stop issuing new mining licenses in the entire country. The ...
Created on 03 March 2017
16. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... and the Council of Canadians, demonstrated support for El Salvador's sovereignty in deciding to stop issuing mining licenses.     In this multi-million dollar David-and-Goliath case, PacRim Cayman (now ...
Created on 10 November 2016
17. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... Street, Melbourne. These actions are against the Australian mining company OceanaGold, which is suing El Salvador for over $300 million because it will not issue a mining permit. The company is able ...
Created on 28 September 2016
18. Pacific Rim tried to negotiate with the government anticipating and adverse ruling
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... so they requested the court to delay issuing the award for 30 days, with the hope that the talks bear fruit with the Salvadoran government." "For me it was a surprise because neither I, nor government ...
Created on 26 September 2016
19. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... mining conflicts. Canadian-Australian mining company OceanaGold is suing El Salvador for US$250 million at a World Bank tribunal when the company failed to obtain a mining permit for which it never met ...
Created on 23 March 2016
20. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
Janet Redman: Foreign Policy in Focus A Canadian oil conglomerate is suing the U.S. over its actions to protect the climate. It’s a small taste of what could come under the TPP. A few years back, I was ...
Created on 02 February 2016
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