... to International Mining expert Dr. Robert Moran, herein lies one of the major problems with the state of the mining industry in the 21st century.
“Since they are only producing a concentrate rather than ...
... and fauna are already being felt, and there is a decrease and drying up of water sources, which makes it impossible to continue producing two or three harvests a year, in addition to the health problems ...
... Mr. McKinley says. “But private enterprise is the reason for so much misuse and contamination. It has been the [source] of problems, not the solution.” He says users and regulators should have distinct ...
By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh : Rappler
This year is a key time to act on OceanaGold’s reforestation scam and the other problems from mining, given that its current 25-year mining agreement expires ...
... the National roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador states:
I. That the real environmental problems of El Salvador are not addressed as a priority in the electoral debate of the candidates ...
... by a stray bullet.
According to Miguel Rivera, brother of Ramiro Rivera, the work that environmentalists have done in resistance to Pacific Rim's plans has been minimized and linked to gang problems. ...
... Association that is part of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador.
"El Salvador is a country with serious environmental problems. It is the most deforested country after Haiti ...
... a powerful way to demonstrate both to the public and to the authorities their “complicity in the structures that cause these problems”.
Once Oceana Gold had taken over Pacific Rim, Vidalina Morales also ...
... tell that the company was at the centre of international controversy over two of its mine projects in 2016 and early 2017. Ignoring significant problems in El Salvador and the Philippines, however, will ...
... CEO — a letter that is also a wake-up call for President Trump's trade agenda.
The letter highlights the problems with the so-called "investor-state" provision in trade deals, first created through the ...
... serious problems in El Salvador with all the environmental pollution, problems with climate change and mining on top of that. They (Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold) wanted to steal US$250 million from us and ...
... problems that already suffers from water stress, and mining activity and the excessive use of water would end up affecting us all," said Belloso.
This small nation of 6.6 million people is the second ...
... problems. But even more importantly we must recall that since the mining industry arrived, it has provoked a dispute in Cabañas that has led to the documented deaths of five people in the community who ...
... the company’s application for a concession fell short of the legal requirements, according to documents from the arbitration ruling. Among the problems were the lack of an environmental permit and a failure ...
... that Metal Mining could be a development vehicle for El Salvador, and that investment in that industry would solve the fiscal problems, as heard through the American Chamber of Commerce at the mining conference ...
... a loss says Bernardo Belloso, president of CRIPDES and a member of La Mesa. For a small country with limited financial resources and critical social and environmental problems, 12.5 million dollars could ...
... a loss says Bernardo Belloso, president of CRIPDES and a member of La Mesa. For a small country with limited financial resources and critical social and environmental problems, 12.5 million dollars could ...
... to pay exorbitant amounts of money for water and to collect rain water in order to meet their basic needs.
And the problems for the community continue to surface: exposure to the heavy metals resulting ...
... about the problems and the deterioration of the environment diverse communities in El Salvador are living due to past mining practices. "We are convinced that San Salvador consumes water from the hills ...
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The mining industry in El Salvador represents a major source of income for a country with deep inequalities and problems financing its public policies.
Mining operations in just three of the country’s ...