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21. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to mine or pay more than $300 million to cover not only its costs but the future profits it would forgo. The water defenders and their allies responded by mounting an international campaign to put the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
22. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... with metals in their blood in Peru; and outsourcing, child and labor, and a million-dollar lawsuit under an Investor-State Dispute Arbitration (ISDS) case in Bolivia. Glencore is one of the world’s largest ...; Created on 22 April 2021
23. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...; Created on 11 April 2021
24. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... size of the tailings pond near Estridge’s home by about 20 percent. The tailings facility would hold about 72 million tons of waste material, which includes potentially deadly cyanide, according to plans. ...; Created on 02 April 2021
25. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... in the early 2030s. Haile had agreed to post a $10 million cash bond before the mine opened in 2017, but expanding the gold mine will increase environmental risks — and more cash better ensures taxpayers ...; Created on 30 March 2021
26. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); FPIF Robin Broad, John Cavanagh From West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. ...; Created on 28 March 2021
27. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... the Dunedin City Council said this week it was replacing several kilometres of old pipes in the area at a cost of about $6million, council Three Waters group manager Tom Dyer included OceanaGold’s Macraes ...; Created on 13 March 2021
28. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... per ton of concentrate, the minerals company said. Haile says it has installed a $1 million mercury pollution control system. DHEC’s Renwick also said the agency does not believe the mercury pollution ...; Created on 12 February 2021
29. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in Canada continue to hear cases relating to abuses from Canadian companies overseas, it would be a start, but far from enough. It’s expensive to fight a court case, never mind against a multi-million ...; Created on 21 January 2021
30. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... boundaries of the El Dorado Mining project. Data from the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining for 2005 revealed that the mine was projected to exploit 18 million grams of gold and 85 million grams ...; Created on 05 January 2021
31. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to the 476 million Indigenous Peoples across the globe — the tip of the iceberg of today’s social and economic inequities. For those already faced with food insecurity due to loss of ancestral lands, ...; Created on 17 December 2020
32. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... 15-million-year-old relatives. The species is deaf and blind, so there are concerns it won’t be able to sidestep mining operations as Oceanagold’s work ramps up. The company offered to help relocate ...; Created on 17 December 2020
33. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... was created in 1961 following guidelines set by the International Development Bank (IDB) along with a $2.7 million loan from the Social Progress Trust Fund of the “Alliance for Progress.” One condition ...; Created on 01 December 2020
34. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... of millions of dollars in unearned profits. In its $400 million claim, which is currently proceeding at a World Bank Group tribunal, the Nevada-based KCA argues that the Guatemalan government failed ...; Created on 21 October 2020
35. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... supporting the communities in which we work with multiple social works…our company has already done works that exceed a million dollars for the benefit of the most needy inhabitants.” “Our company respects ...; Created on 25 September 2020
36. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... According to the United Nations, more than 600,000 people did not have access to any type of drinking water and sanitation services in 2016 and more than one million people only had access to deficient ...; Created on 11 September 2020
37. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... tribunal has ordered Guatemala to pay the US electricity corporation TECO US$21 million. With interest, this award is worth US$36.5 million today. The order had to be confirmed by a US court. Having ...; Created on 01 September 2020
38. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); Institute for Policy Studies EarthWorks 400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ ...; Created on 24 August 2020
39. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... conductor because it does not rust like other metals. "Apple released a few years ago the Apple Watch, a smartwatch that was 18 carats. In its first edition, a million copies were manufactured, which sold ...; Created on 09 August 2020
40. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... wetlands and glacier systems in the Andes, which are crucial sources of water for millions of people. Mining companies also have their sights set on the Amazon basin, the health and integrity of which ...; Created on 23 July 2020

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