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1. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried
(OceanaGold)
... hasn't been given the go-ahead. In a statement it said it won’t proceed with any “physical works” or apply for permits in WKP until “comprehensive consultation and engagement” with locals, Indigenous ...
Created on 17 December 2020
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... and anti-mining locals affected by the unsustainable and often criminal actions of extractive companies. That year, the Canadian mining company OceanaGold had lost a lawsuit against the Salvadoran state, ...
Created on 06 April 2023
3. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation
(Cerro Blanco)
... Resources attempts to obtain support from locals by investing in infrastructure, scholarships, and promises of employment, development, and economic growth, the company should realize that this approach ...
Created on 22 September 2022
4. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine
(OceanaGold Philippines)
...  OceanaGold’s private security force also used violence against community members. The commission also found that the company had erected fences and checkpoints on roads used by locals, as well as using ...
Created on 22 April 2021
5. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... it can now more affordably reach gold deposits that previously would have been too expensive to mine, records show. Many locals, including Kershaw Mayor Mark Dorman, say the mine has helped the area’s ...
Created on 30 March 2021
6. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South
(Mining and Human Rights)
... 2015, after it was acquired by Tahoe Resources, another Canadian mining company. Pan American Silver acquired the mine when it bought Tahoe in 2019. Locals, concerned about the environmental and health ...
Created on 21 January 2021
7. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... The money that was going to be earned (…) through the employment of the locals, would be nothing compared to the illnesses that the extractive projects would have brought”. Interview with Carmelo Torres, ...
Created on 05 January 2021
8. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... the community suffered air and water pollution as well as damages to the forests, forsaking the locals’ livelihood and health. In a statement, local environmental group Alyansa ng Novo Vizcayano para ...
Created on 07 October 2020
9. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... has been linked to serious human rights violations. In 2017, international human rights organizations reported that he was involved in the kidnapping of international observers and had threatened locals ...
Created on 25 September 2020
10. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... said, adding that she believes “every single mine” has displaced people and polluted waterways. Locals inspect the Boac River in April 1996, days after the Marcopper mining disaster. Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP ...
Created on 04 October 2019
11. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... But now, the rice fields of farmers have dried up because of the lack of water in their irrigation. According to the locals, the water depletion may have been due to the underground activities of Oceanagold ...
Created on 16 September 2019
12. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... be a top producer, has also declined. In the past, they could harvest up to 50 crates, but it was now reduced to 10 crates. The locals did not want Oceanagold’s promised employment and development. Celia ...
Created on 16 September 2019
13. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala
(Cerro Blanco)
... employees) have been more active, that means that they are in the process of being acquired (the company), or it has already happened. He regretted that the company is not willing to tell the locals, ...
Created on 03 May 2019
14. Duterte's new warning to mining companie
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... there were large-scale fish kills in the river that flows from the Didipio area. Locals also reported rashes on the skin of fisherfolk who swam in that river, as well as on the skin of carabao bathing ...
Created on 08 May 2018
15. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... to ban mining and over 99% of respondents have voted to continue the ban on mining. In Didipio in the Philippines locals blockaded drilling equipment and an appeal has been made to President Duterte to ...
Created on 28 September 2016
16. Communities Oppose Mining Project
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... necessities. Additionally, locals explain that one of the main water resources that would affected by the contamination is the Titihuapa River, a tributary of the Lempa River. According to information ...
Created on 30 September 2015
17. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... in El Salvador. Locals have taken note. More than 62 percent of Salvadorans answered “no” to a 2007 survey when asked if El Salvador is an appropriate country for metallic mining. That opposition to ...
Created on 06 August 2014
18. Mining multinationals exploit Central America
(Water no Gold)
... concerned and is trying to take measures against the company.” Intimidation Violence is often used by giant companies to intimidate locals out of challenging destructive corporate practices. The struggle ...
Created on 03 December 2013
19. International delegation confronts mining in El Salvador
(2013 Fact Finding Mission)
... to reopen the mine, against the wishes of locals and the Salvadorian government. Although, Commerce Group's case was dismissed back in 2011, the company has appealed the ruling and has forced the government ...
Created on 08 July 2013
20. The MARN Confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión
(Commerce Group)
... of the Research of Investment and Trade Center (CEICOM), who associates the numerous causes of death in the locals of Santa Rosa de Lima with causes related to mining, the Vice-Minister of Environment ...
Created on 16 July 2012
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