... Salvador, declaring that the "subject is closed" because “there is already a Law that permanently prohibits it”.
Organizations that for years have led the antimining struggle in El Salvador such ADES, ...
... than 26 barrels of cyanide each were left exposed. The minimal social infrastructure the company had built, a community center and a clinic, were closed, the dusty road that leads to San Sebastian was ...
... Giustra.
OcenaGold lost its law suit against El Salvador in October 2016, but there is reason why the company has not completely closed its subsiadiaries Minerales Torogoz and El Dorado Foundation:i ...
... has been happening for more than 10 years, and that debate has even had unfortunate consequences such as the murders of environmentalists. This can be closed with 43 votes of the Legislative Assembly, ...
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On September 15, 2016 an ICSID Tribunal closed the arbitration proceedings in the case that Pacific Rim/OceanaGold began on June 15, 2009 (over 7 years ago) against the government of ...
... role for the anti-mining resistance.
“During the Civil War, people were closed off from any opportunity of political participation”, Rodolfo Rivera López explains to us. “Now the tool of the referendum ...
... these cases is often decided behind closed doors in unaccountable tribunals — like the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID.
While the Pacific Rim case ...
... the main tributary of the area and which extends along 77 kilometers of land, was unacceptable.
Protesters quickly closed ranks against the mining company and did not wait until the company had set up ...
... El Salvador’s ban on mining in their country.
ISDS’s are undemocratic; proceedings take place behind closed doors and out of reach of concerned citizens.
Foreign investor protections in multilateral ...
... place in an undemocratic, closed door arbitration tribunal and could undermine El Salvador's sovereignty and right to legislate social and environmental policies in the public's interests. For example, a ...
... within the World Bank in Washington, DC. At a hearing closed to the press and the public, the gold mining company OceanaGold claimed the government of El Salvador owes them hundreds of millions of dollars ...
... a hearing closed to the press and the public, the gold mining company OceanaGold claimed the government of El Salvador owes them hundreds of millions of dollars for denying them a permit to excavate in ...
... closed the final episode of litigation yesterday at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for the concession of exploitation in Salvadoran soil to which the transnational ...
... decisions about El Salvador’s future will be made behind closed doors – almost 2,000 miles away from the Central American country.
On September 15th, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment ...
... businesspeople and mining companies, it is not farfetched to suspect — and it merits further investigation — the closed door deals that could be taking place in the midst of the electoral campaign to put ...
Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in Salvador demanded all presidential candidates to publicly state their parties' position on the issue of mining in the country. “Mining is one ...
... it is not farfetched to suspect – and it merits further investigation – the closed door deals that could be taking place in the midst of the electoral campaign to put in place the conditions for metal mining ...
... Sebastian mine. In 1977, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based mining company called Commerce Group closed its operations there. In the years since, bedrock exposed during mining caused acid drainage, which has ...
... case was closed, the company scrapped the fee together. The annulment hearing is expected for sometime in January.
In a recent tour to the United States members of the National Roundtable against Metallic ...
... that some communities near ancient Roman mines in England and Spain continue to suffer the effects of acid mine drainage over 2,000 years after the mines were closed. And remediation—or “clean up”—is technically ...