... the closing of artisanal mines, to ensure compensation for the damages caused by the industry and finally to comply with the mandate embodied in the Law on Prohibition of Metal Mining, approved in March ...
... to pending environmental remediation and implementing alternative economic activities for artisanal miners, known as "güiriseros".
El Salvador made history in March 2017, when the Legislative Assembly ...
... exploitation permit at the El Dorado mine, in San Isidro, Cabañas.
These events allowed the Legislative Assembly, in March 2017, to unanimously pass the prohibition of metal mining in the national territory. ...
... and violations of the right to due process, including the fact that one of the defendants has been dead since 2015, all 12 were cleared by a National court in March2019. The Attorney General´s Office, ...
... Philippines' worst ever environmental disasters took place in March 1996 at a Canadian mining site in Marinduque, an island in the southwest. Toxic leftover waste leaked out of the Marcopper Mining site, ...
... de México (AHMSA), the leading steelmaker in Mexico.
Its owner, Alonso Ancira Elizondo, was arrested on May 28 in Mallorca, Spain, “as a result of a complaint filed on March 5 before the FGR, by the ...
by Eduardo Barahona / Karla Rodas: Vanguardia
El Salvador is the first country in the world to ban metal mining in its entirety, in March, 2017; but who were the precursors of this victory?
It could ...
... to the Ministry of Economy, fifteen mining projects have ceased to be active in El Salvador, but since March 2017, date of the approval of the Metallic Mining Prohibition Act by the Legislative Assembly, ...
... and ensure the appropriate technical closures of the mines," said La Mesa in a statement.
They indicated that even though the Law was approved in March 2017, the provisions in the legislation have not ...
... first country in the world to ban all forms of mining in March 2017.
But as of 2006 there were 31 mining concessions, covering an area of 1,088 square kilometers, 5.17 percent of the national territory. ...
... on this important issue.
Sakura Saunders is editor of protestbarrick.org and a member of the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network. The group will hold a rally and march starting at Christie Pits Park ...