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21. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... by a permanent acid drainage leak, hundreds of tons of exposed rock debris mixed with cyanide and other highly toxic chemicals used in the process of lixiviation and two large metal containers filled more ...; Created on 07 May 2018
22. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... our government institutions to generate sustainable economic activities in the region so those toxic companies never come back” Said Domingo Miranda, president of the La Maraña Environmental Association. ...; Created on 08 February 2018
23. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as a result of the indiscriminate use of agro toxic chemicals, has put a black mark on the environmental agenda. The use of the these deadly products lack strong stated control, thus becoming a silent ...; Created on 01 February 2018
24. Conservative candidate Carlos Calleja against mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the exploration, extraction, exploitation and processing, whether open pit or underground, in Salvadorian territory. The law composed by 11 articles, prohibits as well the use of chemical toxic elements ...; Created on 14 November 2017
25. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... or open pit mining, as well as on various toxic chemicals used in mineral processing. El Salvador’s prohibition goes further. It’s being noted throughout Latin America, where Canadian mining companies ...; Created on 26 June 2017
26. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... rock, and toxic substances such as arsenic and sulfides get released in the process and can contaminate soils and water for centuries. First, a bit of background. A band of gold runs through the mountains ...; Created on 26 June 2017
27. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... regard to metallic mining in El Salvador is the fate of small-scale artisanal gold miners, many of whom are operating in unsafe, toxic conditions. The new law grants them a two-year grace period to transition ...; Created on 16 April 2017
28. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... subterranean water is contaminated.” He added that mining companies’ use of toxic chemicals, primarily cyanide, “harms ecosystems, harms biodiversity, and contaminates the air and soil.” El Salvador is ...; Created on 16 April 2017
29. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground. It also prohibits the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury. In the lead-up to the vote, communities in the town of Cinquera had rejected ...; Created on 16 April 2017
30. Western University Professor Brings El Salvador Anti-Mining Struggle to Canadian Audience: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The lecture focused on three main topics: the toxic legacy of the San Sebastian gold mine in the department of La Union, the looming threat of at least 28 mining concessions across El Salvador (particularly ...; Created on 08 March 2017
31. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and use some 950 tonnes of cyanide, a deadly toxic. Had these plans succeeded, there would have been global earnings of about $10 billion dollars US. "El Salvador is a country with serious environmental ...; Created on 05 January 2017
32. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to fight the project over concerns that the toxic chemicals used in gold mining would poison their water. In time, they won over a strong majority of the public and rallied the Catholic Church, small businesses, ...; Created on 10 November 2016
33. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); The Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights released a Special Report on the toxic legacy of the San Sebastian mine and the impacts on the human rights of the affected populations. The Special Report, ...; Created on 02 March 2016
34. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... see two big containers. We squeeze through holes in the fence and we enter the site. Gustavo is convinced that the big containers still store the highly-toxic cyanide solution that was used in industrial ...; Created on 03 February 2016
35. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... He and four fellow activists were being honored with the Institute for Policy Studies’ Letelier-Moffitt human rights award for their leadership in El Salvador’s fight against toxic gold mining. Under massive ...; Created on 02 February 2016
36. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... containers with the highly toxic chemicals when it fled the country head over heels in 2006. The use of cyanide is part of an established industrial procedure to extract gold from ore. Whether it is actually ...; Created on 03 January 2016
37. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... roads are rare. Their main source of income is the cultivation of beans and corn. There are hardly any fish living in the river. The reason: the latter has been contaminated by toxic waste water coming ...; Created on 02 January 2016
38. Arcatao Community Consultation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... San Sebastian 11:30am – Lunch in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union 12:30pm - Visit to the San Sebastian mine, a mine abandoned by US based Commerce Group that highlights the toxic legacy of mining in El ...; Created on 30 September 2015
39. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... be affected by any spillage of toxic substances on the site of the Pacific Rim project”. With regards to the arguments presented by the international mining company, Parada maintains that “they have ...; Created on 30 September 2015
40. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... there is a lagoon not containing fresh water that could provide relieve from the heat, but rather a toxic lagoon coloured green and yellow with some white shades in it. The trees touched by the water are ...; Created on 29 September 2015

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