JACOBIN
Yves Engler
Three-quarters of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada. Canadian mining firms are mired in corruption and human rights abuses around the world, yet Justin Trudeau ...
... territory surrounding the mining project. We have recommended a thorough, prompt and impartial investigation of the human rights abuses by military police and paramilitary forces against human rights defenders ...
... Blanco mining project in Jutiapa, and its re-opening by Bluestone Resources.
The OIE was created with the intention of contributing data on the extractive industry in Guatemala from an independent perspective. ...
Yahoo Finance
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte officially lifted a nine-year ban on new mining projects Thursday, in a controversial move aimed at boosting state revenue and spurring investment in ...
Terra Justa
The mining giant's activities in Latin America and how they demonstrate the need for a binding instrument on Business and Human Rights.
In June 2020, a statement signed by more than 200 ...
Greenleft
Ron Guy
Spokesperson for the Australian National Campaign on Mining in the Philippines (ANCoMP) Andrew Morrison believes that Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold is misleading the ...
MONGABAY
Leilani Chavez
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw ...
SIERRA CLUB
John Gibler
In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...
Passage
Liam Meisner
Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone ...
... new in the mining sector. Since the late 1990s, nearly 50 cases concerning mining concessions have been brought before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), one of ...
Wayka
Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that ...
VICE
Anya Zoledziowski
In the latest allegations against Canadian mining, conservationists say new projects could destroy protected lands and further harm endangered species.
A Canadian-Australian ...
... and struggle
When Equinox acquired the Los Filos mine this past March, it also assumed responsibility for the social-cooperation agreement between the community and the mine’s former owner, Leagold Mining. ...
Luis Solano | Ellen Moore | Jen Moore - IPS / Earthworks
DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HEREAcross the Global South, and especially in Latin America, international mining companies have used a combination of disturbing ...
... killed. In the same report, mining was cited as the “deadliest” sector.
Last week, September 28, the Center for Environment Concerns – Philippines (CEC) recognized the valiant environment defenders who ...
Institute for Policy Studies
EarthWorks
400 million suit against the Guatemalan government. Released today, Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ ...
Deutsche Welle
According to a study from the organization Voces Desde el Territorio and backed by 300 organizations, transnational mining companies are taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to promote ...
by Jen Moore - inequality.org
Global South Communities affected by mining face multiple pandemics - health, economic, violence, militarization and corporate capture
Over the years, the mining industry ...
Jen Moore - Counter punch
The hard work of protecting water and land from the long-term harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout ...
... water is vital in mining, John Morillo, a graduate student of the National Institute of Geological Science of the University of the Philippines, and I decided to do an analysis of the water use of large ...