Xenia Gonzales Oliva: El Diario de Hoy / Translation P. Cabezas
Between 2000-2010, 49 exploration permits were approved, they are all currently under an administrative freeze.
49 applications for metal ...
... mining sector; put out to tender for the exploration of special areas where deposits with proven economic potential are located; and coordinate with the Ministry of the Environment the evaluation procedures ...
... metal exploration and exploitation again.
The government has shown little interest to date in environmental issues, and its policies and practices confirm the absence of an environmental conscience. ...
... ban by prohibiting all large-scale metalliferous mining activity at every stage including prospection and exploration, not only exploitation.
However, under increasing pressure from industry, the Chubut ...
... not only goes unchecked, but is actively fostered through economic support.
According to Natural Resources Canada, in 2019, 621 Canadian mining and exploration companies operated in 96 countries abroad, ...
... exploration applications to its name.
The reactivation of Cerro Blanco, and its change from undergound mining to open pit mining entails much greater and irreversible socio-environmental risks and impacts. ...
... That same month, Duterte lifted an oil exploration moratorium in what the Philippine government calls the West Philippine Sea, an area it claims in the South China Sea.
These government decisions boosted ...
... in suits” drilling for gold. In the early 2000s, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation—acquired by OceanaGold in 2013—started drilling exploration wells in Cabañas Department, about 40 miles northeast of San ...
... since 2007, when exploration for additional gold deposits began. The expansion could produce $256 million in gold and silver annually, one federal environmental impact report says.
“They’re good business ...
... our Environmental Policy, we are committed to responsible environmental management through all of the stages of the development cycle: exploration, construction, operations, and closure," the company says ...
... in its exploration phase, the company closed its facilities in 2017 due to the approval of the Law prohibiting metallic mining. Following the expectations of a local sector to improve the living conditions ...
... remains. In India’s Assam and Manipur, permits for coal and mineral mining and exploration in wildlife centers and IP lands are hastened in the name of “seamless economic growth.”
Five-star Marriott ...
... is aware exploration has started in rural land in Waihi—there’s a drill rig that allows OceanaGold to determine ground condition and stability. He said the activity falls under a range of works under the ...
... leader Roberto de la Rosa Dávila, who insisted on stopping exploration at the mine, received threats from Grupo Frisco, and it is feared that he may be arbitrarily detained. "Instead of respecting the need ...
... sided with the company to absolve it of responsibility and to discredit the Shuar People’s elected leadership instead.
As documented in Voices from the Ground, other mineral exploration companies have ...
... with not only “essential” maintenance and other activities running, but the mining production chain remaining active. In other words exploration, exploitation, transport, commercialization and even construction ...
... in Mindanao. The five companies were the Romualdez oligarchy-owned Benguet Corp., Abacus Coal Exploration and Development Corp., Chinese-owned Great Wall Mining and Power Corp., ASK Mining and Exploration ...
... been leading a local fight against water contamination and social divisions arising from a nearby barite mine operated by Canadian company Blackfire Exploration. He had been facing threats from people ...
... Law against mining exploration and exploitation. As a result of this law, some considerations have to be taken into account, especially in the case of the San Sebastián Mine, due to the impact of water contamination ...
... that is not fully applied, or implemented, or monitored,” González concluded.
In San Isidro, Cabañas, the population was affected by the incursion of mining explorations. Miguel Rivera, brother of murdered ...