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1. A Losing Proposition: The Failure of Canadian ISDS Policy at Home and Abroad: (General mining reports ); ... conducts a quantitative analysis to identify trends in the use of ISDS by Canadian investors, explores ISDS through various case studies and discussed policy implications for Canada. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2015/08/Losing_Proposition.pdf ...; Created on 30 April 2016
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... Water March on Güija Lake in the border with Guatemala and El Salvador to demand the closing of the Cerro Blanco Mine (Led by the Ecofeminist Movement of El Salvador) April 22: (EL SALVADOR) Earth Day ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... plants, and their habitats. Whatever short-term economic benefits to be had from mining (and studies show these never go to the affected communities), this remains a losing proposition when we consider ...; Created on 02 June 2021
4. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... crops, reduced fish stocks and a high incidence of plant and animal diseases. Losing access to land leaves the community with severely reduced agricultural income and limited the ability of residents ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Metallic Mining, mentioned other demands from environmentalists to government authorities: “the technical closing of abandoned mines, the closing of artisanal mining operations that are currently operating ...; Created on 15 July 2020
6. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... This is supported by the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines. In fact, disclosure went beyond what was required by the 2013 Standard. Albeit incomplete, the Philippines was a model in disclosing environmental ...; Created on 08 March 2020
7. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the closing of artisanal mines, to ensure compensation for the damages caused by the industry and finally to comply with the mandate embodied in the Law on Prohibition of Metal Mining, approved in March ...; Created on 26 December 2019
8. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... legislators maintain the prohibition of mining. The closing of the file, however, will not make us lower our guard and we will remain vigilant of any attempt to modify or repeal the law that was approved ...; Created on 31 May 2018
9. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... of Investment Disputes, ICSID, for $100 million US dollars. The company abandoned the community of San Sebastian shortly after losing its permit leaving hundreds of unemployed, a local river contaminated ...; Created on 07 May 2018
10. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... a ten years prison sentence, he was granted an early release by a judge. But the search for justice, closing existing mining operations and the implementation of sustainable economic alternatives after ...; Created on 08 February 2018
11. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In terms of the [ISDS] lawsuit…the communities and their organizations were able to find common cause together with the State and its defence lawyers; we were all in close coordination.” At the closing ...; Created on 23 June 2017
12. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the campaign at a fancy hotel in San Salvador after losing a $250 million lawsuit against El Salvador in October 2016. The company had filed a claim with the International Center for the Settlement of ...; Created on 16 April 2017
13. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); ... were revoked. Despite losing the permits for failing to meet environmental standards, CGC sued the Government of El Salvador to continue mining in the region. CGC lost its legal disputes against the government ...; Created on 13 February 2017
14. Pacific Rim tried to negotiate with the government anticipating and adverse ruling: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the company tried to delay the resolution of the award and evaluate whether the government could negotiate the resolution to avoid losing its claim to $300 million in compensation. Parada said that although ...; Created on 26 September 2016
15. Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment: (General Environment Backrounders); ... into water sources. The mining industries usually come to an area with the promise of creating jobs and boosting the economy; however, many people end up losing their livelihoods to these industries, as ...; Created on 23 April 2016
16. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... can leave behind, even after decades from their closing. Companies leave, as soon as the profits have been exhausted, and they do not worry about their toxic leftovers. OceanaGold in Cabañas: terror and ...; Created on 03 February 2016
17. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... With these referenda, we are closing the zone to mining and protecting ourselves from the very real threat that we face,” said the mayor. _______________________________________________ “San Salvador ...; Created on 02 January 2016
18. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Times. Losing the case, the minister explained, would threaten the government’s policy on metals mining. “In 2011, we conducted an environmental assessment which determined that El Salvador ...; Created on 18 April 2015
19. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... Mayor Felipe Tobar in his closing statement, “and also encourage members of the legislative assembly to approve legislation to ban mining to ensure the long term sustainability of our environment.” National ...; Created on 24 September 2014
20. Final round for PacRim and El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... at the headquarters of the ICSID – a tribunal of the World Bank in Washington. According to sources close to the case, this last round was an opportunity for both parties to present closing arguments of ...; Created on 23 September 2014

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