Signs of lasting trauma in people evicted to make way for giant mine in Ecuador
theguardian.com / Kimberley Brown reported, battles with the government and army over land and mining rights has caused indigenous Shuar people long-term psychological damage, report says
Months after they were evicted from their homes to make way for a mine, almost half the population of an Ecuadorian village is suffering from psychological damage, experts have said.
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Psychiatrists found 42% of the indigenous Shuar people of Tsuntsuim village suffering from mental health problems and trauma. Many of the villagers had been involved in violent confrontations with Ecuador’s military as they were removed from their homes.
The mental ordeal has manifested itself in depression, severe headaches, insomnia, tremors and tachycardia (a racing heart rate). Trauma caused by the displacement and anxiety about what would happen to them next were the main triggers for these symptoms, said the authors of the report, which was released by a group of doctors, psychiatrists and indigenous rights activists. Read Article
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Ecuador Indigenous Group Releases Soldiers Abducted in Mining Conflict telesurtv.net reported … “Freedom and dignity of people are not negotiable, and in Ecuador no one is above the law,” said Ecuador’s Defense Ministry. Two soldiers who were abducted by an irregular group in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador were released on Saturday in the midst […]
expreso.ec / Two soldiers continue to be held by Shuar Indians in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago (southeast), where there is a mining conflict of considerable proportions. The Ministry of Defense, which demands the “immediate release” of the soldiers, also reiterated its position of not negotiating within the framework of “violence and illegality of […]
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The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) this morning reported that since the closure of the Puyo-Macas road at the height of 50 km as a measure of rejection Nankints militarization of the province of Morona Santiago is maintained. This after earlier this week Shuar indigenous mining facilities Panantza-San Carlos project in Nankints in […]
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Dan Collyns/bbc.com reported…José Isidro Tendetza Antún’s battered body was found in an unmarked grave and loved ones blame his death on his opposition to $1.4bn Chinese-backed mine Dark clouds loom over the Tundayme bus station where José Isidro Tendetza Antún said goodbye to his family for the last time. The moody skies above the Cordillera […]
phys.org reported Peru declared an environmental emergency on Monday in 11 Amazon jungle districts where mercury pollution blamed on unregulated gold mining is poisoning people and fish. Tests in the southeastern Madre de Dios region found “mercury pollution above the maximum permitted level, affecting river water, water species and local populations,” said a report announcing […]
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Mining will be a source of fresh resources to the national economy, in a year characterized by low growth and a contraction of public investment. Unlike the oil sector, which remain contracted, met expectations of low prices for the 2016; investment which will require the construction of major large-scale mining projects will be around USD […]
After nationalizing one of the world’s largest untapped gold reserves, Venezuela forced Citgo into insolvency to avoid multibillion-dollar liability, a Canadian mining company claims in court. Located in the southeast Venezuela, near a town appropriately christened El Dorado, Las Cristinas is Venezuela’s largest unmined gold reserve. In a federal complaint filed Monday, Toronto-based Crystallex International […]
mining.com reported Ecuador aims to attract at least $750 million in foreign mining investment during the first quarter of 2016 by opening new areas rich in gold and copper for exploration. The tiny nation, feeling the pinch of long-sustained weak oil prices, has high hopes that mining incentives and tax benefits will polish its tarnished […]
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theguardian.com …. Dark clouds loom over the Tundayme bus station where José Isidro Tendetza Antún said goodbye to his family for the last time. The moody skies above the Cordillera del Condor would have been a familiar sight to the indigenous leader as he set out on 28 November to join a protest meeting against […]
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Ecuador to spur development of 36 mining projects By Alex Emery – iii.co.uk reported Ecuador’s government, which halted mining operations in 2008 in a bid to redraft mining legislation, said it now plans to spur 36 projects to produce gold, copper and molybdenum. The Andean country has lined up 96 projects in the mining and […]
EFE/elcomercio.com reported The regional government of Amazonas warned the central government of Peru on the hostility that is recorded in northern Peru among the Pueblo Indians Aguaruna and illegal miners entering Ecuador Peruvian territory, said Wednesday February 25 regional institution a statement. The vice president of Amazon, Carlos Navas, met in Lima with officials of […]
radiosantafe.com reported six heavily armed men entered at 3:00 am on Wednesday at a gold mine located in the village of Las Animas, municipality of Santa Isabel, and stole more than 200 million pesos in gold. The mine is in charge of the company Risources Limited. (Risources Limitada) According to early reports from authorities, hooded […]
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hellenicshippingnews.com reported authorities in Mexico have been holding four Chinese ships and their crews since May as they try to end drug cartels’ involvement in iron ore sales. Some 95 Chinese crew members are on the ships, sources with knowledge of the matter say, and they are encountering health problems related to being stuck on […]
theglobeandmail.com reported Kinross Gold Corp. has agreed to sell its mothballed gold project in Ecuador for $240-million (U.S.) to Fortress Minerals Corp., a company controlled by the Lundin family. The sale of Fruta del Norte is a relief for the beleaguered Kinross, which was forced to write down the asset after clashing with the Ecuadorean […]
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U.S. Disengagement from Latin America: Compromised Security and Economic Interests Testimony before the House Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere March 25, 2014 Ilan Berman Vice President American Foreign Policy Council ___________________________________ Chairman Salmon, Ranking member Sires, distinguishe d members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the invitation to appear before you t […]
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hoy.com.ec reported government authorities and social leaders of Ecuador will visit Chile next week with the objectives of attracting investments and know examples of responsible mining in the country, said today the Ministry coordinator of strategic sectors. The Ecuadorian delegation will be headed by Minister Coordinator of strategic sectors, Rafael Poveda, authorities of the national […]
BBC.COM reported up to 5,000 pupils have not been able to start the school year in the northern Mexican state of Sonora after a toxic spillage from a copper mine. The authorities said 88 schools were not able to open this week for fear pupils could come into contact with water contaminated with acids. The […]
A mining project is planned for this biodiverse area of Quito, despite community opposition. upsidedownworld.org / Gkillcity.com There is a rain forest in Pacto, and rivers, waterfalls and pre-Incan remnants of the Yumbo people. This part of the western Andes mountain range ecosystem preserves endemic plant species such as the ivory nut-producing palm and a […]
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elcomercio.pe reported Children and indigenous adolescents develop illegal mining activities and have contact with toxic substances. A number still not determined in indigenous children working in the illegal extraction of gold in Amazon. Photos obtained by The trade confirms this serious problem in the basin of the Cenepa river, in the province of Condorcanqui. With […]
upsidedownworld.org reported a Guatemalan court ruled in favor of the indigenous people of the municipality of Sipacapa over transnational mining in the area. The court says the Guatemalan government must respect the right to information and consultation with the local population before granting any kind of mining permits. Read Article
According to BBC.com, a grave containing at least 400 people has been unearthed in the Bolivian city of Potosi, with the remains thought to be those of colonial-era miners. The grave was found by workers carrying out excavations for the construction of a new building. The mine at Potosi became the world’s biggest after silver […]
upsidedownworld.org reported San Rafael Las Flores has become a strange place where everyone is wary of each other and distrustful. Since May 2013, after the surrounding municipality of Santa Rosa declared a State of Siege, that’s how things have been. In the streets, the parks, and the small corner shops, people cautiously observe everything that […]
theguardian.com reported Central America’s biggest nickel mine reopens amid violent clashes Guatemala’s Fenix mine, closed for 30 years, faces disputes over land ownership and lawsuits for gang-rape and murder. The biggest nickel mine in Central America has restarted operations amid violent clashes between indigenous people and security forces, disputes over land ownership, and ongoing lawsuits […]
mining.com reported Mexico has become Latin America’s most expensive country for mining investments, as the country is rolling out its energy reforms approved last year, which increases taxes from 5% to 7.5%, charged as a percentage of profits. Gold and silver miners are the ones that will hurt the most, as they now have to […]
WSJ.com/Mercedes Alvaro reported Ecuador expects its first large-scale mining operation to start within three years as a Chinese-owned copper project moves forward, a high-level government official said. The Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Pedro Merizalde, said that the Mirador project, owned by Chinese mining company Ecuacorriente is expected to start production in 2017. “Works are […]
James Rodríguez reported (vice.com) Since March 2012, hundreds of local community members from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala, have peacefully blocked the entrance to US-based Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ El Tambor gold mine. Locals argue the industrial project will consume their already short supplies of water and believe there was no […]
Chinese banks ignore pleas of Ecuador mining campaigners chinadialogue.net – David Hill writes the failure to respond to an NGO letter challenging investment in the Mirador mining project has played to Ecuadorian fears about China’s growing clout. The Mirador copper mining project in Ecuador’s richly biodiverse Cordillera del Condor is under the control of Chinese […]
dailymail.co.uk reported. Life is cheap in the mining camps. Deaths go unrecorded and the mercury they use to bind gold flecks compounds the risks. It doesn’t just seep into the food chain. It poisons them and their families, too. And now a new threat now looms for the estimated 20,000 wildcat miners who toil in […]
dw.de reported that Indigenous activists in Bolivia and other Latin American countries who take to the streets to protest the exploitation of their ancestral homelands face repressive measures and charges of terrorism. In many Latin American countries, the measures taken against protesters are rather repressive, according to Almut Schilling Vacaflor, Latin American expert from the […]
Mining concessions granted to Canadian and Chinese-owned companies in Ecuador are illegal and should be cancelled in compliance with the Mining Mandate, argues a legal brief submitted yesterday to the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court by the the Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) and MiningWatch Canada. The Mining Mandate is a constitutional-level norm that has been in […]
mnn.com reported…Talk about ice – scientists say that frozen Antarctica could also be home to untapped, previously undiscovered diamond deposits. No, they haven’t actually found the precious carbon crystals yet, but they have found something that indicates they may be there. The news comes to us via research published this week in the journal Nature […]
OSCAR LEÓN, TRNN PRODUCER – reported:Indigenous communities and the affected local communities have opposed this mining initiative for many years now and have protested against it all around the country. This has led to a split between Correa, ecologists, some student groups, and the indigenous confederations, all of which were his former allies. Correa has […]
SolGold has found more deposits at its Cascabel copper-gold project in northern Ecuador, but its shares fell after it said some of the find was lower grade. SolGold said one of the drill holes at its Alpala prospect at Cascabel, CSD-13-005, continued to come across strong copper sulphide porphyry mineralisation at depth. Read Article
china.org.cn reported that The Toromocho project, China’s largest overseas copper project, started production in Peru on Dec. 11. The project, one of the top 20 in the world, has a copper reserve of 1.2 million tons, 19 percent of China’s domestic total copper resources. It will produce 220,000 metric tons of refined copper annually, 18 […]
AP reported that Mexican drug cartels looking to diversify their businesses long ago moved into oil theft, pirated goods, extortion and kidnapping, consuming an ever larger swath of the country’s economy. This month, federal officials confirmed the cartels have even entered the country’s lucrative mining industry, exporting iron ore to Chinese mills. Such large-scale illegal […]
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Ecuador’s National Mining Company (ENAMI EP) and Chile’s state-own Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, are fine-tuning details of a joint venture to explore the Llurimagua reserves in the North of Ecuador, a country with no mining industry to speak of. The deal, reports Reuters, will see Enami holding a 51% stake in the project […]
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Wikipedia update mining in Ecuador – Mining had a very small impact on the Ecuadorian economy back in the 1980s, contributing only 0.7 percent to the GDP in 1986 and employing around 7,000 people. Minerals were located in regions with little to no access, thus exploration activities were hindered. Although it was believed that Ecuador […]
The ECUARUNARI require the National Assembly to conduct pre-legislative consultation and aligned to the resistance to the project urgently reform the Mining Law, the deadline for the approval expires on June 15. These resolutions were taken yesterday at the fourth congress of this branch of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). This sector […]
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Duration: 30 minutes For One Square Mile, Leo Johnson travels to the historic town of Zaruma in southwestern Ecuador to tell the story of gold mining in the country. Gold has shaped Ecuador’s past. It was the reason for both the Inca and the Spanish conquests. And it remains vital to the economy of modern […]
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The Movement Against Mining Concessions Morelense urged the head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Jose Guerra Abud, reject the environmental impact statement Esperanza Silver Canadian company to prevent the mining operating an open pit mine Tetlama, Morelos. At a press conference, Ignacio Suarez, a member of the movement, also lamented the […]
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Illegal mining has created real “zones” throughout the country, where they act according to their own laws taking advantage of the lack of state control and the growing demand for foreign mafias who pay cash. Read Article
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“We have made good progress on many issues. We have taken firm steps, but we are also awaiting reforms,” said Ms. Herdoiza. Offered reforms will include several topics, but the key point is related to the 70%-windfall tax on sales above a pre-negotiated base price. “This is a key point not only for Kinross but […]
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The National Mining Company (Enami) of Ecuador said Friday that maintains a strategic alliance with Codelco to explore for copper in a northern Andean country. This as part of an energy cooperation agreement between Ecuador and Chile, which has allowed the Ecuadorian state mining start an investigation stage geological Llurimagua area in the Andean province […]
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Suspended coal transportation within the city limits of Santa Marta, until companies take measures to control the dust that is affecting communities. The decision of the environmental authority of Santa Marta is related to complaints of residents of several communities in the west of the city that have been affected with respiratory diseases by dust […]
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salvalaselva.org …… reported that…With this purpose, the environmental organization founded DECOIN already twice stopped the intentions of government and transnational extractive mining as Japan’s Mitsubishi in 1997 and the Canadian Copper Mesa / Ascendant Copper in 2009. For many years, Rainforest Rescue accompanies Intag residents. With donations helped purchase and protect 3,000 hectares of mountain […]
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Argentina is determined to continue the mining project extracting potassium Colorado River (west) “with or without (Brazilian mining company) Vale”, said today the governor of Mendoza, Francisco Perez Two days after the multinational announced the suspension of the works. “Come back for more. The project will carry out. Okay With or without” Perez said during […]
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Red List is on the world map. Alarm signal. It is the fourth Latin American country that emits more mercury worldwide. We surpass Colombia, Bolivia and Peru reported by elunivers.com. Is Ecuador, nation dispersed annually 50 tons of mercury only for artisanal gold mining. The International Watch Mercury presented in Geneva in mid-January, an overall […]
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opisantacruz.com.ar reportedWith Crash site San Jose Green Eggs and total work stoppage, the staff of Minera Santa Cruz in Perito Moreno tries to draw public attention to a mass poisoning suffered, but until when the source has been reported that resulted in the serious incident. As usual in these cases, the company does not respond […]
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For alleged environmental crime, 50 people, including women and children were arrested the morning of Wednesday Pinazhún Area, Santa Barbara River, belonging to the canton Sígsig. Read Article
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According to minerandina.com, the Presidential electionscheduled for February 17, has slowed down the process being conducted by of President Rafael Correa’s government, to send to his country’s Congress, a draft of amendments to the mining law setting forth changes to proceed with mining development, and the implementation of tax incentives to attract more investment to […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said Friday that the military forces are “in focus” ELN kidnappers this morning took captive a Canadian, two Peruvians and two Colombians working for a mining company in northern country. “We’re on top of the hijackers in southern Bolivar. Forces already mobilized and we targeted,” the president wrote […]
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A project that turns mining residue into recycled bricks has received funding from the ministry of production’s Research and Development Fund for Competitiveness (FIDECOM). The project, which was developed by the San Pablo Catholic University of Arequipa, will include a prototype plant that would produce bricks made out of the cyanide residue that is left […]
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Peru’s energy sector will attract annual investments between US$ 1.2 billion and US$ 1.8 billion until 2016, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). Peru’s Deputy Energy Minister, Edwin Quintanilla. Photo: ANDINA/Juan Carlos Guzmán Negrini. Thus, this flow of investments will guarantee the country’s energy supply in order to further growing in a sustained and […]
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They call the mountain Toromocho, which means “bull without horns”. But to its new, Chinese owners, the name is irrelevant: the rugged peak is packed with copper, silver and molybdenum, an element used in alloys. It could be worth as much as $50bn (£30bn). Toromocho must go. And so must the people living there. The […]
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A second international mining company is pulling out of Ecuador this year, saying the country is not friendly to mining concerns. International Minerals Corp. of the United States is in the process of selling concessions in Azuay Province. The company says those concessions have reserves totaling 991,000 ounces of gold and 4.7 million ounces of […]
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The Council of Canadians is issuing a statement of solidarity as hundreds of protestors gather in front of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City (1 p.m. EST) to express their outrage at the growing death toll of community activists opposing Canadian mining in Mexico. Most recently, in the state of Chihuahua, a married couple who […]
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The Chilean economy continues to surprise and exceed expectations. The Central Bank reported a gross domestic product growth in the third quarter, mainly due to consumption and investment. It is a figure of 5.7% between July and September, which rose to 5.6 cumulative GDP progress so far this year. A result that is supported by […]
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The Japanese company announced the Secretary of Mining, Jorge Mayoral, that in the next 15 days will make the first disbursement of 150 million pesos for the construction of lithium mining project Olaroz Salar in the province of Jujuy. Mayoral met in Tokyo with executives from Toyota after the completion of the 2nd Seminar on […]
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More than 390 sticks of dynamite were seized from people who mined from underground, gold mines, located in Piglio, Canaribamba parish, canton St. Elizabeth, yesterday. No one was arrested. Oscar Troy, head of the Third Army Division Tarqui said it also retained 20 sacks of ammonium nitrate, explosive explogel, riodin violet, shotguns, 1,709 blocks of […]
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La-razon.comThe mayor of Llallagua, Abel Montes, complements the marketing of this material is not regulated at the local level. “It is also a mining town and no problem with handling dynamite because since we manipulate young people”, argues the authority, who learned to detonate explosives when he was 14. None of the respondents mentioned the […]
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The occupation of the mining area would have been against mining representatives from five provinces of the region, who are interested in exploiting the mine site, and would be organized into cooperatives. The conflict over the exploitation of the mine has been reactivated Mallku Khota in northern Potosí. Now the community members from five area […]
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americaeconomia.com reported….Arterial six of nine departments were occupied by the cooperative to demand compliance with a decree granted a lease for lode in exploitation of tin and zinc. A conflict between union and cooperative mining for possession of a lode mining remained Tuesday in Bolivia, and left more than half of the country impassable by […]
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Police reported the capture of nine people who work adelantaban illegal mining in the municipality of Soacha. Authorities said that after identifying sites dedicated to illegal mining in the neighboring town, were captured in the act of nine people between the owners of the property listed as workers who were carrying out mining work without […]
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According to informacionjoven.com, in Sombrerete San Martin mine in Zacatecas, on strike for more than five years, are accumulated explosives with the potential to destroy entire cities and towns of the state, said National Union of Mineworkers. In a letter to officials of the national and state executive, accused of negligence in Grupo Mexico, Germán […]
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Colombia launches new strategy to combat illegal mining— The illegal mining of gold and other minerals, which inevitably contaminates water sources and the air is 44 percent of Colombian municipalities, representing 30 percent of total domestic mines, according to statistics provided by the Ombudsman Ombudsman, who conducted a study in 1,010 municipalities. Read Article
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Rule out the presence of illegal miners in the Sierra de Parima “Before visiting these communities were able to review materials to identify remains or instrumental illegal miners used when addressing these areas. None of this could appreciate, “said Rolando Seguera Telesur journalist Rolando Segura, announced that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (fanbase), ruled out […]
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China’s need for vast amounts of minerals to sustain its high economic growth rate has led Chinese investors to acquire stakes in natural resource companies, extend loans to mining and petroleum investors, and write long-term procurement contracts for oil and minerals in Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and other resource-rich regions. These efforts to procure […]
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The leaders of the Trade Union of Miners of Bolivia (FSTMB) reported today that police in the city of El Alto prevented the entry of at least 400 miners Colquiri, arguing that carrying explosives. “There was a police operation and co say Colquiri brought dynamite and various explosives so no entry allowed fleets but Colquiri […]
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The Peruvian government draws a new strategy to control the gangs who run the illegal mining in the country and would have for the job with financial support from the IDB and the governments of Norway and the U.S., said Monday Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar . “There is interest from the IDB, the government of […]
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The National Police seized 13 backhoes exercising illegal mining activities in rural municipalities of Monte Cristo and San Martin de Loba. In order to counter the illegal mining activities in Southern Bolivar due to irreparable environmental damage that occurs to the ecosystem, the National Police and develops preventive actions framed in operational strategies related to […]
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The State Mining Corporation of Bolivia (Comibol) confirmed Wednesday that two tons of rock found in a residential neighborhood in the heart of La Paz were not uranium, as the government initially said, and that probably is tantalum. “In the first instance it was thought mineral containing uranium, but this was quickly ruled out, at […]
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At 08:30 on Tuesday resulted in the death of the miner Darwin Medardo Vera Vera, 28, after falling into a sinkhole where timber placement performed in the galleries of the mine Jorupe Alto, located in the district of El Castillo Canton Zaruma. Vera’s colleagues explained that the man was making a work of woodwork inside […]
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Canada is seen as a friendly nation but many indigenous communities say they have a dirty secret. Canada’s mining industry, the largest in the world, controls a majority of Latin American mining. Activists say they pollute and violate human rights without accountability from the Canadian government. Mining companies argue they build schools, health centres, roads […]
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Elcomercio.per reported agents of the National Police seized at least 10,000 detonators to safety fuse. The intervention was performed at kilometer 853 of the Panamericana Sur, in the district of Yauca Arequipa. The material was found in two suitcases in the hold of the unit Cetur transport company. Read Article
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