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1. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... apart, mining companies have also hopped on the pandemic profiteering bandwagon. The potential implications are wide-reaching. In Latin America, the areas of interest to mining companies whether they ...; Created on 23 July 2020
2. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... essential that this shadowy financial market is exposed to the light of day. Otherwise, affected communities will remain blind to the powerful figures that have profited at their expense. Among other ...; Created on 05 May 2019
3. REPORT: Golden opportunities for profits, corporate plunder for OceanaGold Corporation: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Report by IBON International "Towards curbing OceanaGold’s dirty operations in El Salvador and the Philippines, efforts of people’s organisations, communities, environmental advocates as well as international ...; Created on 24 August 2018
4. Responsible Mining: The Key to Profitable Resource Development: (Background and reports ); Goodland, Robert. “Responsible Mining: The Key to Profitable Resource Development,” Sustainability4, no. 9 (2012): 2099-2126. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/9/2099; Created on 14 March 2016
5. A plea to Australia: Put life & dignity before gold & profit: (Water no Gold); ... And now to imagine someone coldly choosing to inflict the environmental harm of a gold-mine on our lives for the sake of profits is just too much.” “I want to assure everyone at OceanaGold not to have ...; Created on 10 November 2013
6. Mining for Profits in International Tribunals - Updated: (Background and reports ); ... the institutional framework that allows global firms to extract enormous profits in international arbitration tribunals. It then documents the increased use of these rights by transnational corporations ...; Created on 12 July 2013
7. Fixing Free Trade Agreements: Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit: (FTAs & ISDS); Fixing Free Trade Agreements: Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit Today's trade rules are not designed first and foremost to protect workers, the environment or public health. They ...; Created on 05 March 2012
8. Mining for Profits: (FTAs & ISDS); Mining for Profits Sarah Anderson, IPS Global Economy Project Director Posted: Huffington Post-12/16/11 02:46 PM ET The small country of El Salvador has dared to stand up against powerful international ...; Created on 29 February 2012
9. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... a mechanism to recognize their non-profit social function and the exemption from paying taxes. By not incorporating this mechanism, community water systems will be obliged to pay taxes and increase service ...; Created on 23 December 2021
10. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); ... proposed law released today moves beyond reporting and requires companies to change their behavior – and stop profiting from human rights and environmental harm – or face significant consequences.” The ...; Created on 21 May 2021
11. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... profiting from this impunity. The Philippines Mines and Geosciences Bureau estimates that approximately 30 percent of its land mass, or 90,000 square kilometres, has high mineral potential. The Manila ...; Created on 12 May 2021
12. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights” accords limit the ability of governments to regulate corporations operating on their soil. If the rules interfere with the profits of Canadian mining interests, they can sue the local administration ...; Created on 07 May 2021
13. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to mine or pay more than $300 million to cover not only its costs but the future profits it would forgo. The water defenders and their allies responded by mounting an international campaign to put the ...; Created on 23 April 2021
14. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... it a very profitable operation for Glencore. Mining activity in Espinar began more than three decades ago, and the province still suffers from many basic deficiencies. Over this time, a number of conflicts ...; Created on 22 April 2021
15. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... DeScherer, an attorney with the non-profit Southern Environmental Law Center, said his group wants to ensure there are “sufficient plans and funds in place to safely reclaim the mine site when mining is ...; Created on 30 March 2021
16. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... we will not support governments that abuse the public trust and choose profit over their own people.” “As human rights deteriorate in Honduras the United States cannot sit idly by. These sanctions will ...; Created on 23 February 2021
17. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. In 2002, a small group of citizens in El Salvador joined this global community of water defenders when representatives ...; Created on 14 January 2021
18. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); Lexology Hogan Lovells A commitment of capital in a foreign state, particularly with long-term profit horizons, can be a risky undertaking. When a host state harms a foreign company's investment, the ...; Created on 06 January 2021
19. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... countries, Torres´ perspective changed: “Pacific Rim talked about green mining. But we saw that the company was going to benefit from the profits and we were going to be left with the damages to the environment. ...; Created on 05 January 2021
20. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... awards, in order to increase the value of certain contracts and, hence, increase the company’s profits. In response to this ploy, public and private entities in Peru have endeavored to develop a means ...; Created on 19 December 2020

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