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1. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); CNCA Today the Federal Court of Canada hears a case alleging that the Canadian government is improperly withholding information about its diplomatic interventions on behalf of a Canadian company accused ...; Created on 02 March 2021
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in solidarity with impacted communities globally and with First Nations in Canada, who have been met with indifference, coercion, or criminalization by federal and provincial governments when voicing opposition ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); CNCA On March 2, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada will hear arguments in a lawsuit that seeks information about the Canadian government’s response to a human rights case concerning a Canadian-owned ...; Created on 11 May 2021
4. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mining projects. Canadian firms dominate mining in Guatemala as well. Last month, a Canadian legal academic brought a case before Canada’s Federal Court, alleging that the minister of foreign affairs ...; Created on 07 May 2021
5. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... rocky soil of Lancaster County. State and federal regulators held a meeting Thursday to hear what the public thinks about the mine expansion plan and whether the environmental impacts have been studied ...; Created on 02 April 2021
6. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... deadly chemical used in the mining process. The Haile Gold Mine, which stands to produce more than $2 billion in gold and silver from the mine expansion, has broken a federal wastewater law twice since ...; Created on 30 March 2021
7. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Is Investigated by U.S. Federal Prosecutors for Drug Trafficking, Corruption Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) today led ...; Created on 23 February 2021
8. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... in South Carolina are so contaminated they are today federal Superfund cleanup sites. The Haile Gold Mine reopened at the site of a historic gold-digging operation after locating gold that miners in ...; Created on 12 February 2021
9. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... by what it called a “particular importance” given to the term “invested by investors,” the Swiss Federal Tribunal held that Article 1(2) is an ordinary asset-based definition of investment – known for ...; Created on 19 December 2020
10. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in Canada circulated a petition to introduce new federal legislation that would force Canada to acknowledge its role in mining overseas as well ...; Created on 17 December 2020
11. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... fight for justice for Mariano’s murder, the Abarca family, Otros Mundos Chiapas, REMA and Canadian organization MiningWatch Canada are breaking new ground in Canadian Federal Court. They hope to achieve ...; Created on 26 December 2019
12. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... partnership with the steelmaker. The Odyssey-AHMSA consortium was in charge of selling the Don Diego mine to local politicians and the federal government as indispensable for Mexico's food security, as ...; Created on 24 September 2019
13. Getting the shaft on mining abuses: (Background and reports ); ... After more than a decade of campaigning for oversight of Canadian mining corporations abroad, gains won by human rights and community advocates are at risk. The federal government appears to be backpedaling ...; Created on 05 May 2019
14. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that through a federal case filed in Texas on the grounds that Obama overstepped his constitutional powers. But by allowing corporations to demand massive compensation for a policy decision, the tribunal ...; Created on 02 February 2016
15. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Portillo, the mayor of Texistepeque, and Reynaldo Cardoza, a federal congressman from Chalatenango, are also allegedly active in the group’s leadership. Insight Crime writes: “Their political links, which ...; Created on 13 February 2014
16. Buzzwords:Responsible Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... focuses on the distribution of such tax revenues within the mining country, by looking at the amount of tax that stays on a local (municipal or provincial) level versus what goes to the federal government. ...; Created on 22 September 2013

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