The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador
On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly ...
... the Guatemalan government. In addition to claims regarding government security, KCA is also retaliating against the court’s decision suspending the mine. The company argues that it is being discriminated ...
... ruling suspending the Escobal mining license, in response to the CALAS claim. Tahoe places the mine on stand-by and says it will appeal.
September 10: Guatemala’s supreme court reinstates the Escobal ...
... ($32.4 million US) to two North American companies (RDV and TECO) that sued the country internationally, and refrained from suspending the works of the Marlin Mine (owned by mining giant GoldCorp) to avoid ...
... representatives in Guatemala are currently under criminal investigation in Guatemala for illegally operating the mine, ignoring the initial court order suspending operations for lack of consultation. In ...
... a moratorium, nor a ban.
The proposed law suspending mining processes presented by the executive “can only be understood as an evasion of the responsibility by the central government to fulfill a campaign ...
... is considering a special law suspending administrative procedures related to the exploration and exploitation of metallic mining concessions.
Salvadoran environmentalists, in turn, are urging their government ...
... suspending the Escobal mining license, in response to the CALAS claim. Tahoe places the mine on stand-by and says it will appeal.
September 10: Guatemala’s supreme court reinstates the Escobal mining ...