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21. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... Given its track record, OceanaGold should also be considered ineligible for the additional exploration permits it has requested for areas around the Didipio mine. The study found: a number of instances ...; Created on 05 September 2019
22. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... protections that permits foreign firms to challenge government policies, laws and court decisions through private arbitration.Under the USMCA, this investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system will ...; Created on 05 May 2019
23. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... firms that are using ISDS as a last ditch effort to make millions when they have otherwise failed to obtain environmental permits, gain community support, or make any earnings at all,” said Kirsten Francescone, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
24. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... area," González explained. He even said that as a group they have sought answers from legislators, especially on whether Bluestone should request all permits to operate, including the preparation of ...; Created on 03 May 2019
25. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... failed to obtain community consent or the required permits to operate, companies allege a loss of investment as the basis for filing these suits. In KCA’s case, owner Daniel Kappes and the company’s legal ...; Created on 26 February 2019
26. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... their precious land and water. Furthermore, the project in the municipality of San Pedro Ayampuc there exist 18 permits for exploration alone. The communities had seen the environmental damage that the ...; Created on 27 August 2018
27. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... through its long battle to have mining prohibited by denouncing and shaming companies that tried to extort obscene amounts of money from the Salvadorian public purse for refusing mining permits. In a ...; Created on 02 July 2018
28. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... local watershed committees, assigning permits, resolving conflicts over the use of water, establishing fees for services, regulating tariffs and other strategic policies of the national water distribution ...; Created on 25 June 2018
29. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
30. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Metal Mining - La Mesa. El Salvador had not issued any mining permits since 2008 and we were made aware of the water crisis facing the country and the threats and assassinations against people and groups ...; Created on 04 June 2018
31. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... pro-business president, Antonio Saca, succumbed to popular pressure and declared that he wouldn’t issue any additional mining exploitation permits. The FMLN candidate, Mauricio Funes, promised that if ...; Created on 07 May 2018
32. ICSID on the bench of the accused: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... State the payment of 250 million on the basis of potential profits lost due to not having received the government permits to carry out the El Dorado gold mining project, constituted an act of blackmailing ...; Created on 14 November 2017
33. PRESS RELEASE: To the national and international public opinion: (Media Releases); ... watersheds and critical areas. FOURTH, ensure the priority of domestic consumption of the population and the sustainability of ecosystems, through the creation of differentiated permits for rural and ...; Created on 21 July 2017
34. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... allies, includ-ing the archbishop of El Salvador, head of the country’s conservative Catholic Church. Effective opposition kept Pacific Rim from meeting the regulatory requirements to obtain the permits ...; Created on 26 June 2017
35. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In 2004, after two years of searching for gold in El Salvador, the Pacific Rim Mining Corporation requested permits to begin mining close to the Lempa River. After several years of negotiations, political ...; Created on 23 June 2017
36. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... exploration activities. No old permits or license applications will be grandfathered in, according to the succinct 11-article bill. It will take effect one week after its publication in the official government ...; Created on 16 April 2017
37. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Pacific Rim Mining first announced its intention to sue in April 2009, after outgoing Salvadoran President Saca declared that he would not issue any new mine permits until a strategic environmental assessment ...; Created on 03 March 2017
38. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo by: Genia Yatsenko Little has changed in the community since Commerce Group Corporation (CGC) abandoned mining operations in El Salvador in 2006 after its mining permits ...; Created on 13 February 2017
39. OceanaGold (Pacific Rim) plans to sue the State; organizations demand mining ban: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... approximately 250 million dollars as compensation for not letting it exploit El Dorado mine in San Isidro, Cabañas. In 2002, the company had started exploration works in the mine after acquiring permits, ...; Created on 13 February 2017
40. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... has not lost the hope that they will obtain respective permits" he said. The Collective's organizations also see little willingness on the part of OceanaGold to pay El Salvador the eight million dollars ...; Created on 05 January 2017

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