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1. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... that warrants strict scrutiny. Mercury is such highly toxic pollution. It is really impossible to remediate.’’ Exposure to mercury can cause tremors, headaches, nerve damage, a loss of peripheral vision ...; Created on 12 February 2021
2. Trade Deals Are Giving Corporations the Power to Intimidate Tiny Countries: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Sandra Cuffe: New Republic Alejandro Guevara hasn’t slept. There was a death in La Maraña, and Guevara, the vice president of the community environmental association, spent the night at the wake. Still, ...; Created on 13 May 2015
3. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Plan for Palawan law (Republic Act 7611), all natural forests are areas of maximum protection or core zones,” Mayo-Anda said. A large-scale mining site ni Dinagat Island. Mining contributes only a tiny ...; Created on 15 April 2021
4. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); The State Sammy A gold mine that is seeking to expand in Lancaster County has again drawn state scrutiny for violating environmental rules, this time over excessive discharges of cyanide, a potentially ...; Created on 30 March 2021
5. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... a tiny amount when it is compared to other mining projects owned by Canadian firms, such as Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in San Marcos, or Tahoe Resources’ El Escobal Mine in San Rafael las Flores. In the first ...; Created on 27 August 2018
6. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... El Salvador’s volatile political environment and the government´s limited capacity to transform the economy of artisanal miners, a tiny but complex and vocal sub-sector of the mining industry, has many ...; Created on 07 May 2018
7. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 69 in favor, none against, and no abstentions. Fifteen of the country’s 84 lawmakers did not show up for the vote. The result “makes tiny El Salvador the unlikely hero in a global movement to put the ...; Created on 16 April 2017
8. Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... In total, the tiny Central America country has paid more than US$13 million in legal costs and fees. The ICSID ruling against the company came as a surprise because the tribunal has previously been criticized ...; Created on 05 March 2017
9. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to acquire land rights for most of the concession. Metal mining drew growing opposition nationwide. The Roman Catholic Church weighed in against it, and several academic studies confirmed the tiny country’s ...; Created on 10 November 2016
10. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By: Nick Buxton and Brid Brennan Re-published from: http://tinyurl.com/ksgh9lb The controversial legal case that Canadian mining firm Pacific Rim has launched against El Salvador has added fuel to ...; Created on 20 October 2014
11. Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... number of the landowners in the northern province of Cabanas, or to obtain title to the land, and that it had not met basic environmental safeguards. The tiny Central American country is rich in ...; Created on 17 September 2014
12. Tens of Thousands Call On OceanaGold to Drop its Suit Against El Salvador as Secret Hearings Begin at World Bank Tribunal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); (Ottawa) Nearly 150,000 people have already signed an online petition directed at the Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold urging it to drop its suit against El Salvador. Secret hearings will begin on ...; Created on 10 September 2014
13. Communities in rural El Salvador request a referendum to keep mining projects out of their territories.: (Territories Free of Mining); By Alfredo Carias, National Roundtable Against Mining in El Salvador translated from: http://tinyurl.com/mpx7p4n It was 2 pm in the afternoon as we heard a woman's voice, through a loud speaker located ...; Created on 08 September 2014
14. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... or industrial mining continues against the popular will of a government and its citizenry. Polluted water, and accusations of an unspoken ban on mining Drive the windy roads north to Victoria, a tiny ...; Created on 06 August 2014
15. New Study Shows Dangers of Trade Agreements that Help Corporations Sue Govenments: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh First published in http://tinyurl.com/lntc9dh As the Obama administration negotiates new trade agreements with European and Pacific nations, a battle has emerged over ...; Created on 25 March 2014
16. A plea to Australia: Put life & dignity before gold & profit: (Water no Gold); ... is a tiny country” affirmed Vidalina. “It is one of the most densely populated countries in the Americas which has ledto a major problem of deforestation and this in turn has led to serious shortages of ...; Created on 10 November 2013
17. El Salvador faces "international mafias" in "frivolous" international law suits ...: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Translated from: http://tinyurl.com/mhvvolz By: Elder Gomez, CoLatino News El Salvador faces an "international mafia" seeking control of the country's natural resources, through "frivolous" legal international ...; Created on 23 October 2013
18. BACKGROUND MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (Background and reports ); The tiny country of El Salvador is caught up in a David vs. Goliath battle as it struggles to defend the human right to water and the public health of its citizens. Metallic mining projects would pose ...; Created on 23 February 2013
19. Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically: (Commerce Group); ... God loves us. That principle applies to our business dealings, as thoroughly as to other aspects in our lives. In other words: There is no sphere of life excluded from moral scrutiny and the economic ...; Created on 21 November 2012
20. Solidarity from 3,000 Miles Away: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... own destiny. We are pleased and excited by the strength the people of Wisconsin are showing because together we are telling the world that human and environmental rights are non-negotiable and we will ...; Created on 26 July 2012

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