... mining permits in the Philippines. The order is expected to ease the entry of at least 291 existing mining applications, escalating threats to the environment and its defenders, anti-mining and environmental ...
Xenia Gonzales Oliva: El Diario de Hoy / Translation P. Cabezas
Between 2000-2010, 49 exploration permits were approved, they are all currently under an administrative freeze.
49 applications for metal ...
... El Salvador over denial of a gold mining license.
El Salvador refused to issue OceanaGold Corp an extraction permit in 2006. Activists say that the company failed to get permission to mine from a sufficient ...
... are binding for the municipality on the issuance of construction licenses or other permits under its competency for the development of mining projects.
We regret and publicly and fully reject the ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... it had requested the Guatemalan authorities to “modify” the environmental permit and that it awaits “receiving approval.”
For the mayors, open-pit mining "is more destructive" and the damage to the environment, ...
... will be in charge of reviewing such permits and will be the competent authority to process new authorizations for exploitation in accordance with the respective regulations; the use of water for large ...
... in Guatemala, nor did it ever obtain a construction permit to build its mine in the first place.
Such injustice is precisely what the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) framework enshrined in thousands ...
... firm’s permit lapsed.
“That OceanaGold was able to easily reverse its suspension and is now enjoying the railroading of its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal puts to question ...
... was declared a national park. The next year, congress reduced the park’s no-development zone to accommodate the mine’s development, following a permit process mired by irregularities.
Inversiones Los ...
... in the water, which exceed by up to 6, 28 and 50 times the permitted legal limits. This level of metals in the water can cause a range of health conditions for people consuming it including damage to vital ...
... the almost-seven-year-long Pac Rim lawsuit against El Salvador at the ICSID. Pac Rim sued the Salvadoran government for not issuing them a mining permit. It took the ICSID six years and 10 months—and cost ...
... Voters of South Carolina, said environmentalists plan to speak out about the mine expansion proposal.
“The conservation community will be weighing in on the expansion permits, especially given the recent ...
... dispersals of a peaceful and authorized blockade of the mine, even though it has had no permit to operate since June of 2019.”
Even as the Philippines’ human rights situation has steadily deteriorated, ...
... According to the Permit Registrar of PZ, investors are even able to apply for an Indigenous Impact Permit when a project poses a “substantial risk of involuntary displacement of indigenous populations ...
... excessive amounts of mercury, failing to submit the required pollution test results, providing misleading statements and failing to secure a DHEC permit An independent third-party has been hired to audit ...
... failed to submit pollution test results as required, provided misleading statements and failed to get a DHEC permit.
An agency spokeswoman said DHEC levied the $100,000 fine -- the heftiest air pollution ...
... at a coal mine as well as a car-sharing service.
Mexico. Mexico in turn is facing approximately 12 pending cases in connection with its refusal to grant certain environmental permits for the exploitation ...
... town also vowed to work against the issuance of a regulatory permit for OceanaGold and cease the operation of the Didipio gold and copper project.
Vice Mayor Fiesta noted that the 13 contested villages ...
... remains. In India’s Assam and Manipur, permits for coal and mineral mining and exploration in wildlife centers and IP lands are hastened in the name of “seamless economic growth.”
Five-star Marriott ...