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1. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... mine. Before mining began near the town of Kershaw more than four years ago, Haile officials assured South Carolina residents they would run a state-of-the-art operation that would adhere to environmental ...; Created on 12 February 2021
2. Another Town in El Salvador Votes No to Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By Aruna Dutt : IPS News Cabañas, El Salvador, Mar 1 2017 (IPS) - The citizens of Cinquera municipality in Cabañas delivered a resounding vote against mining, on Sunday February 26th, when 98 percent ...; Created on 05 March 2017
3. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the people of Dipidio in Kasibu town were blaming the activities of the foreign miner for the massive flooding around the Cagayan Valley, as well as for the depletion and pollution of their water sources. ...; Created on 24 May 2021
4. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and activist who directed a cultural center in his rural hometown of San Isidro. The authors recount these dramatic setbacks and how the movement responded to them, extracting lessons that might apply ...; Created on 23 April 2021
5. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... in the town of Cerro de Pasco where the company Volcán operates – a company controlled by Glencore which extracts zinc, lead, silver and copper, and which has been fined many times for its environmental ...; Created on 22 April 2021
6. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the town of San Isidro, in Cabañas, by going door-to-door to collect donated books. They built a few shelves in their family’s living room and called it the San Isidro Foundation for Culture and the ...; Created on 11 April 2021
7. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... silver, while creating more than 200 jobs, the company has said. The mine now employs about 400 people, and is credited with pumping economic life into the once poverty-stricken town of Kershaw, just a ...; Created on 02 April 2021
8. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... complete.’’ The Haile Gold Mine, a historic site that reopened under OceanaGold, is about six miles from the town of Kershaw in southern Lancaster County. The company is seeking to expand the site because ...; Created on 30 March 2021
9. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... water defenders. These are not people with a lot of resources. Mining companies offered their towns jobs and money, but they were not interested. Why not? Robin Broad: Beginning with Marcelo, people ...; Created on 22 March 2021
10. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Since May 2020, two ZEDEs have been officially launched: the “Honduras Próspera” ZEDE (PZ) on Roatán where Crawfish Rock is located, and the “Ciudad Morazán” ZEDE in the industrial town of Choloma. The ...; Created on 15 February 2021
11. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... copper project in Kasibu town, while FCF was also contracted to operate the Runruno gold-molybdenum project in Quezon town, both under a 25-year FTAA. Padilla’s letter also reviews the many environmental ...; Created on 21 January 2021
12. No renewal for Didipio Mines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... villages particularly between Nagtipunan town of Quirino province and Kasibu town of Nueva Vizcaya province. To support the Bugkalot-llongot tribe, the Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Council) of Nagtipunan ...; Created on 08 January 2021
13. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... government offices. OGPI’s 25-year contract with the Philippine government to develop and exploit the minerals in Didipio, Kasibu town expired June 20 last year. Residents of Didipio, supported by ...; Created on 08 January 2021
14. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... mining giant is preemptively ramping up its operations in and around protected land on New Zealand’s North Island, local conservationists and residents say. Waihi, a town of nearly 6,000, sits at the ...; Created on 17 December 2020
15. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... Equinox Gold, failed to uphold its agreement with the nearby community of Carrizalillo, a small town of about 3,000 people. Equinox blames the community for the shutdown, but in reality, the company and ...; Created on 28 November 2020
16. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... Honduran businessman Lenir Pérez and his wife Ana Isabel Facussé, owners of Inversiones Los Pinares -- a company that is waging battle against the residents of a town called Guapinol, who oppose the company' ...; Created on 28 November 2020
17. ATM Statement on illegal entry of fuel trucks in Nueva Vizcaya: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... opening an alternate road in Kasibu town, after the main road was made impassable, because of the overflow of the mine tailings pond. We demand that DILG Sec. Ano immediately revoke any order to the ...; Created on 28 November 2020
18. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... about 15 kilometers from downtown San Salvador, has not had any running water in her house since the pandemic started back in March 2020. In fact, she hasn't had any tap water consistently in her home for ...; Created on 11 September 2020
19. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the safe return of five Garífuna land defenders who were kidnapped last month in the Caribbean coastal town of Triunfo de la Cruz. Witnesses say the abductors wore police uniforms and forced them into ...; Created on 17 August 2020
20. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... of cases of Covid-19 has increased. "Among the unionized workers and those of the subcontractors in less than 15 days, there are 150 positive for Covid-19. In these small towns, some of these workers live ...; Created on 09 August 2020

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