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El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
07 Jul 2025 19:57 GMT
… after the reauthorisation of mining.
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The activist … to responsible and sustainable mining”.
Radius Gold also participated … years ago by the Pacific Rim mining company showed that … decision to reactivate metal mining, declaring them confidential, …
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3 Gold Mining Stocks Gaining Momentum as Tariff Fears Boost Metal Prices
30 Apr 2025 18:01 GMT
… investments in mining companies. There are many mining firms worldwide, … than others.
Three gold mining stocks with robust momentum … the country and the Pacific Rim. With about 81% year … to tariffs compared to mining firms with international operations. …
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Mining persists on Indonesia’s Gebe Island despite Indigenous, legal resistance
17 Mar 2025 07:37 GMT
… Sea, on Indonesia’s Pacific rim.
When BPM first broke … 28 per cent are for mining.
Myriad criminal investigations have … perhaps irretrievably, by nickel mining.
People in Gebe told … witnessed extensive changes following mining excavation.
More than half …
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To live and die for gold: Metals mining returns to El Salvador
16 Feb 2025 04:37 GMT
… were made against the mining companies Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold. … they found out that Pacific Rim had been charting the … to explain what mining entailed. When Pacific Rim found itself unable … in 2009 after protesting mining corporations.Víctor PeñaIn 2017, …
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Mining is on offensive again in Central America
07 Feb 2025 20:00 GMT
… But with pressure for mining building, Guatemalan community and … Salvador by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim.
That opposition, and … , precipitated a standoff. Pacific Rim eventually filed a US$ … company that had acquired Pacific Rim. A year later, …
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‘Live sick or flee’: pollution fears for El Salvador’s rivers as mining ban lifted
01 Jan 2025 10:15 GMT
… and by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim, later bought by … in 2011 and dismissed Pacific Rim’s $250m claim in … the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, and eventually publicly embraced … #47;GuardianEnvironmentalists warn that mining poses an even greater …
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Gold Not Always Worth Its Weight, Says El Salvador Mining Expert.
28 Dec 2024 20:19 GMT
… . He criticizes the mining industry for misleading “green mining” campaigns that downplay … with claims from companies like Pacific Rim, which overstated gold and silver … .
Environmental risks include open-pit mining pollution, threatening rivers like the …
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The “gold” underfoot: Bukele and the threat of the return of metallic mining
12 Dec 2024 12:58 GMT
… with the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim. The company was … in the process of renewing its gold mining … Mining was, in fact, suspended and, as a result, Pacific Rim … possible reactivation of mining, five environmental defenders …
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Nayib Bukele Revives Mining in El Salvador Amid Controversy
10 Dec 2024 18:12 GMT
… new and controversial challenge: reintroducing mining—banned since 2017—to transform … mining firms.
In 2016, El Salvador won an arbitration case against Pacific Rim … Cayman, later acquired by Australian-Canadian mining giant OceanaGold …
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“If mining returns to El Salvador, we will face more criminalization and death”
05 Dec 2024 02:19 GMT
… anti-mining movement in the communities of Cabañas, where Pacific Rim … operating in the area —Pacific Rim, for example— were also … ] Chávez, might have with Pacific Rim. Later, he was accused … was vice-president of Pacific Rim. ADES denounced Chávez Palacios …