... year the case was filed at the ICSID.
This case is part of the long-drawn-out aggressive effort waged by Pacific Rim to overturn El Salvador’s mining laws to conform to its application for concession, ...
... in the country. The Ministry of Economy through the Direction of Mining and Hydrocarbons maintains 29 active exploration licenses, and applications for over 60 exploration projects are currently in process. ...
... the Foundation for the Application of the Law in El Salvador-FESPAD.
Since 2005, La Mesa has conducted a successful campaign to stop the development of industrial mining operations in El Salvador. Their ...
... has been unable to present such a case and no permits have been issued.
The more limited actions of El Salvador — to not issue Pacific Rim a mineral extraction permit when its application lacked the ...
... proposal seeks to cancel all mining concessions granted to date and waive any applications made by mining companies. A voracious mining industry which destroys communities, dehydrates and pollutes territories ...
... protecting the application of human rights nor the environment.
As long as our country is bound by free trade agreements and permissive legislation that favors corporate interests over the wellbeing ...
... mining permits, block the application for future permits and retroactively suspend all past permits. The bill references the Strategic Environmental Assessment, which was finally released at around the ...
... Pacific Rim to drop their suit against the government.
Currently there are 25 exploration permit applications and 29 mining exploration concessions for gold and silver, which could in turn become 25 ...
... in Spanish) asks the Salvadoran Government for all public information related to mining companies that have applied for operations permits in El Salvador, how far they have advanced in the application ...
... using water-intensive cyanide ore processing in the basin of El Salvador’s largest river, Rio Lempa. This proposed project as well as applications filed by various companies for 28 other gold and silver ...