... hasn't been given the go-ahead.
In a statement it said it won’t proceed with any “physical works” or apply for permits in WKP until “comprehensive consultation and engagement” with locals, Indigenous ...
... and anti-mining locals affected by the unsustainable and often criminal actions of extractive companies.
That year, the Canadian mining company OceanaGold had lost a lawsuit against the Salvadoran state, ...
... Resources attempts to obtain support from locals by investing in infrastructure, scholarships, and promises of employment, development, and economic growth, the company should realize that this approach ...
...
OceanaGold’s private security force also used violence against community members. The commission also found that the company had erected fences and checkpoints on roads used by locals, as well as using ...
... it can now more affordably reach gold deposits that previously would have been too expensive to mine, records show.
Many locals, including Kershaw Mayor Mark Dorman, say the mine has helped the area’s ...
... 2015, after it was acquired by Tahoe Resources, another Canadian mining company. Pan American Silver acquired the mine when it bought Tahoe in 2019.
Locals, concerned about the environmental and health ...
... The money that was going to be earned (…) through the employment of the locals, would be nothing compared to the illnesses that the extractive projects would have brought”.
Interview with Carmelo Torres, ...
... the community suffered air and water pollution as well as damages to the forests, forsaking the locals’ livelihood and health.
In a statement, local environmental group Alyansa ng Novo Vizcayano para ...
... has been linked to serious human rights violations. In 2017, international human rights organizations reported that he was involved in the kidnapping of international observers and had threatened locals ...
... said, adding that she believes “every single mine” has displaced people and polluted waterways.
Locals inspect the Boac River in April 1996, days after the Marcopper mining disaster. Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP ...
... But now, the rice fields of farmers have dried up because of the lack of water in their irrigation.
According to the locals, the water depletion may have been due to the underground activities of Oceanagold ...
... be a top producer, has also declined. In the past, they could harvest up to 50 crates, but it was now reduced to 10 crates.
The locals did not want Oceanagold’s promised employment and development.
Celia ...
... employees) have been more active, that means that they are in the process of being acquired (the company), or it has already happened.
He regretted that the company is not willing to tell the locals, ...
... there were large-scale fish kills in the river that flows from the Didipio area. Locals also reported rashes on the skin of fisherfolk who swam in that river, as well as on the skin of carabao bathing ...
... to ban mining and over 99% of respondents have voted to continue the ban on mining. In Didipio in the Philippines locals blockaded drilling equipment and an appeal has been made to President Duterte to ...
... necessities. Additionally, locals explain that one of the main water resources that would affected by the contamination is the Titihuapa River, a tributary of the Lempa River. According to information ...
... in El Salvador.
Locals have taken note. More than 62 percent of Salvadorans answered “no” to a 2007 survey when asked if El Salvador is an appropriate country for metallic mining.
That opposition to ...
... concerned and is trying to take measures against the company.”
Intimidation
Violence is often used by giant companies to intimidate locals out of challenging destructive corporate practices. The struggle ...
... to reopen the mine, against the wishes of locals and the Salvadorian government. Although, Commerce Group's case was dismissed back in 2011, the company has appealed the ruling and has forced the government ...
... of the Research of Investment and Trade Center (CEICOM), who associates the numerous causes of death in the locals of Santa Rosa de Lima with causes related to mining, the Vice-Minister of Environment ...