Oxfam
This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...
... region is a water producing zone that benefits the populations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and that it produces 2 million cubic meters of water annually constituting a key environmental service ...
... in the coastal zone, who hide behind the structural weaknesses of the MAG (Ministry of Agriculture), entity in charge of regulating the use of water for agricultural irrigation, benefits the sugar oligarchy ...
... plants, and their habitats. Whatever short-term economic benefits to be had from mining (and studies show these never go to the affected communities), this remains a losing proposition when we consider ...
... benefits are seen by the people of the Philippines. In fact, poverty rates are actually higher in provinces with large-scale mining projects, according to Asuncion.
Claver said that international mining ...
... had been tapped.
He said the mining industry could bring "significant economic benefits to the country" by supporting the government's "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure programme and creating jobs.
The ...
... significant socio-economic benefits when the renewal has been approved,” Michael Holmes, president and CEO of OceanaGold, said.
“OceanaGold is a responsible gold mining Company that is focused on operating ...
... lives and properties due to flooding” which he said “far outweighs the benefits derived from mining.” Brenda Jocson These “harms” underpinned the Governor’s plea to President Duterte: “Continuous operation ...
... company spoke about the benefits of mining, the local inhabitants thought their problems would be solved: "they (representatives of the company) went around in the communities to talk about the project ...
... to pressure the company for greater benefits.
On September 4, the day after the encampment was set up, the company released a communiqué referring to it as an “illegal road blockade.” Such statements ...
... damage from these activities, or ensure that more of the benefits stay in the home country.
Of the 34 cases we examined, one targeted Canada. All the rest were aimed at governments in the Global South. ...
... in Peru, there has been a debate about activities that are essential and those that can be suspended by quarantine. In this process, social organizations denounced the benefits granted mining companies, ...
... live in hiding for fear of being captured by the army who do not need a judge to issue an arrest warrant. The Guatemalan Nickel Company also benefits from the Siege status especially since the company ...
... Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
For its part, Pan American Silver appears to be focused only on the potential benefits of acquisitions like the 2019 takeover of the Escobal mine. In Pan American Silver’s 2018 annual ...
... fees, would not even begin to pay for the damage that it would cause".
In addition, the study reveals that the economic benefits of the mining project would not contribute to enhance the quality of life ...
... of Canada claims that the industry directly benefits local economies, due to the positive impact on local workers and businesses.
However, the benefit to local employees, and the Philippines itself, ...
... the costs and benefits of this industry. This historic decision was the result of a persistent 12-year struggle (the length of the civil war in the 80s and early 90s) on the part of threatened communities ...
... other problems at the Didipio mine that are typical of other mines in the country, in terms of very limited economic benefits and very high social costs. Supporters of the mining industry in the Philippines ...
... aggravated divisions and raised the stakes around current and potential economic benefits from mining. These could only have contributed to threats and violence against community organizations and people ...
... deemed that no proper argument was presented to merit this grounds.
The Chamber found as constitutional Article 10.4.1 of CAFTA, while the plaintiffs had argued involved the automatic granting of benefits ...