Abstract/The China Quarterly – Analyses of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) sometimes question the investment criteria of Chinese firms, suggesting that market rules are not fundamental but secondary to political and geostrategic concerns. Questioning the apolitical nature of markets, the present article uses the internationalization of China’s mining industry as a case study to ascertain […]
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It is assumed that the Valley of Copiapo in Chile is a picturesque grape-growing region. However, along this sector of the Atacama Desert today, only kilometers from dried grapes. Until recently, these vineyards in northern Chile were green, as they were supplied water coming from an underground tank. But in the driest desert in the […]
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Six miners were killed in a coal mine collapse in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila on Friday, an emergency rescue team source on the site told Reuters.One miner was rescued earlier, according to a separate report from the mine operator. Read Article
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Eltiempo.com.ec reported those arrested were identified as Augustine CA, Second BC, Milton CG Efren, aka The Russian, and PV Francisca, who are accused by the prosecution to have participated in the theft of 36.8 kilograms of gold and 113 kilograms of silver. Research suggests that the theft would have planned on a farm on the […]
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On June 7, 2012, a day after at Remedios and Segovia Vegachí murdered eight people in less than a day, one of the “boys” who participated in the killings, he called him “a part of” Operation his boss, alias “Pipón” ringleader “Rastrojos”. There were eight deaths set off alarms in northeastern Antioquia by the increase […]
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During an operation led by the Special Prosecutor for Environmental Matters Mother of God reported that machinery used by illegal miners operating in the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve, was destroyed. Through a statement, the prosecutor said the interdiction work was executed at kilometer 107 of the left bank of the South Interoceanic […]
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26 people in Brazil were accused of involvement in an illegal mining scheme. According to Globo.com, the mining activity took place in the indigenous Yanomami reserve. Seven of the accused individuals have not yet been found, but the search is ongoing. Five planes believed to transport miners to the site were seized during the operation. […]
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Ayacucho. In the second meeting of the Municipal Environmental Commission (CAM), attended by a total of onces provinces and four districts, it was decided that the main problem affecting the Ayacucho village is borne pollution from mining. The pollution primarily by the river, this essentially by waste from the production of drugs, as well as […]
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The infantry brigade of the army in Ecuador discovered 1,047 sticks of dynamite, 533 detonation capsules, 1,250 meters of fuses, and 450 pounds of aluminum nitrate. 245 of the dynamite sticks are thought to originate in Bolivia. They were discovered in the Chuquiribamba parish, as well as the Chaguarpamba county in Ecuador, La Hora reports. […]
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University rejected the recent remarks of former President on the Conga project. Former President Alejandro Toledo was unable to give a keynote lecture at the National University of Cajamarca after being rejected by the students of this house of studies for his recent statements on the Conga project. According to a correspondent of ATV +, […]
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The Central Bank of Ecuador reported that the country received more foreign investment in 2011. According to figures from being admitted $ 568 million in foreign direct investment, mainly in mining, which is the largest amount in three years. teleSUR
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The numbers generated by the illegal mining in our country are worrying. According to data from the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, this illegal activity moves every year about U.S. $ 2,000 million, the tax evasion to the tax amounts to about $ 600 million and “used” to more than 450,000 people. The […]
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The explosion at a mine in the area known as Playas, The Progresso of the parish, county Passage this morning caused the death of two people. Miners Chauza Edison Javier Moreno, 21, and Fernando Jaramillo Andres Maldonado, 24, are the victim of the explosion at 06:00 on Tuesday. Co-workers of the victims said about 115 […]
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The accident occurred in Marmato, Caldas municipality. The incident occurred at 4:10 pm on Thursday at the mine called “El Caliche”, located in the Cerro El Burro. This mine does not have the mining rights for gold mining. The collapse occurred at the main entrance of the mine where major efforts were made operational. Following […]
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Nine workers trapped inside a mine in southern Peru have been rescued The nine miners who were trapped for days in a mine in the Ica region, were rescued alive from the bottom of one of the tunnels and received abroad by the President of the Republic, Ollanta Humala Tasso. The workers walked out, visibly […]
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Cajamarca: Today begins strike against mining project Conga macroregional President of the Council of Ministers, Oscar Valdés, confirmed that government respects the right to protest, but said not to permit any act of violence. The president of the Front for the Defense of Cajamarca, Idelsio Hernandez said that after 08 hours on Wednesday the 13 […]
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The anxiety grew on Tuesday upon completion of the sixth day with nine miners trapped by cave-ins in a hole in a mountain in southern Peru, because they begin to suffer the first on your health conditions. Four of them reported, through a hose that is the only outside contact and through which they also […]
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Workers at the National Federation of Mining Metallurgical La Oroya, were against the proposal of the Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino, to appoint a new operator that manages the operation of the Oroya, if not approving the restructuring of the mining company Doe Run. “We disagree. With Doe Run have 85% of workers […]
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The Secretary of Labor in Coahuila, Felicitas Molina Margarita Duque said that the Delegation of the federal agency warned them about dangerous outbreaks have been detected during the inspection of mines operating in the Carboniferous Region of this entity, so take the necessary measures to protect the integrity of people who go to these places […]
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Honduras lost their last fiscal year, 3.000 billion and 15,000 jobs by not approving the Mining Act, upheld the President of the National Association of Mineworkers (Anamin), Santos Gabino Carbajal. Gold mining in the country increased 16.7 percent during the previous year. Currently, the country exported $ 300 million, only three companies have been operating […]
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Local authorities and workers agreed to request enforcement of the mining on environmental issues and to withdraw claims against the Peruvian State. Following a meeting held today, various authorities and Junin mining company Doe Run agreed to require this to restart operations on May 1 in Oroya. The meeting was the regional president of Junin, […]
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The Regional Director of Health Ica , Huber Mallma, reported today that could communicate with one of nine miners trapped in the mine “black head” located in the town of Yauca del Rosario. As noted they were in stable health and have shown their confidence in the bailout that is being prepared. Read Article
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Residents and workers in the mining company Doe Run blocked several stretches of the Central Highway to begin an indefinite strike that began today from 00:00 hours demanding the resumption of operation at the La Oroya metallurgical complex. As indicated by RPP News, protesters suspended in whole traffic through this area and twelve other places […]
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Ecuador is facing large-scale mining with a shortage of professionals in the field. According to official data, in the coming years the country will need 300 mining engineers and geologists to address the exploitation of metals. But a year graduate no more than 40 professionals. The absence must be covered, the early years, with foreign […]
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Elementos (ASX: ELT) has defined oxide and porphyry copper targets at the company’s newly acquired Mercedes Project, with initial drilling planned for the June quarter. Mercedes is located within the Atacama region in northern Chile, the world’s foremost copper producing region which hosts a number of world class porphyry deposits. Players in the area include […]
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A trail across contaminated and sterile clay mark the passage of corruption and illegal mining in the Amazon rainforest was once the Madre de Dios, in southeastern Peru. Over tens of kilometers between the new Interoceanic Highway that links Brazil and Peru, and Manuani river, a tributary of Malinowski that marks the boundary of the […]
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A group of illegal miners in the district of Camanti-Quincemil Cusco province of Quispicanchi, adjacent to the Madre de Dios region, asked the Regional Office of Energy and Mines formalized support. The miners went to the regional entity later that the government issued several decrees criminalizing informal mining. Camanti Cusco is the district where there […]
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The leader of the protests mining in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, Luis Otzuka yesterday announced a truce to bury the three dead in clashes on Wednesday and on Monday to negotiate with the government. Otzuka told the TV channel that will keep America “calm to find a viable solution in Lima”, which […]
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A miner of 22 years identified with the initials WWF died late on Sunday, while another worker identified as JLPP 34, was rescued alive after a landslide occurred product within the mine site Sirusa, located 7 miles from road to Cerro Paranal, in the town of Antofagasta. The injured worker was taken by staff of […]
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Thousands of people gathered at an event organized by the Prefecture of Azuay Citizen and Government Fair Basin, called bastion of citizen revolution, was the scene where the opposition yesterday brought thousands to the streets to support the motion that the CONAIE and other social organizations began in Zamora Chinchipe March 8 to protest against […]
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On the instructions of the state governor, Cesar Duarte Jaquez, will join a task force to rescue the body of the miner Jose Alfredo Flores Flores, 29, who died on Tuesday, 6 this month inside the mine, “Jesus Maria” in the municipality of Ocampo, Chihuahua. Read Article
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The Indians tore his walk yesterday for Quito with transportation restrictions and fewer fans than expected. But confirmed that the next March 22 will be in the capital of the Republic to reject the government’s mining policy, the failure of important legislation for the sector, such as Water and Earth, among other claims. The movement […]
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The Chinese government said today that China is cooperating with Ecuador on the basis of mutual benefit and respect its laws, including environmental, in response to the protest that took place this week in Quito against the start of a major mining project in the Andean country with investment china. Read Article
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The electricity supply in the country is regularized only this Monday, when completion of the maintenance of the Mantaro hydroelectric plant, said Cesar Butron, Chairman of the Economic Operation of Interconnected System (COES). Thus, the energy reserve return to a level of between 8% and 10%. The plant handles 800 megawatts of power, and increased […]
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Four workers died this afternoon, around 18.00, inside the mine Boat, located in the town of La Higuera, Fourth Region. The cause of the tragic accident was due to emission of carbon monoxide inside the shaft. The dead were identified as Osvaldo Piazza del Rosario Cortés, Manuel Jesus Vargas Cortes, Nicanor Alberto Torres and Luis […]
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The Non-Renewable Resources Minister, Wilson Pastor, said a few minutes on Monday at 17:30 in the hall of the Palace of Carondelet Amarillo will be signed the first contract for the exploitation of large-scale mining. The agreement was signed between the State and the Chinese company Ecuacorriente (ECSA) operating within the Mirador project located in […]
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Huichol Indians believe the sun was born in a spot high in the arid Sierra de Catorce mountain range of northern Mexico. For them, that spot — the Cerro del Quemado, or the Burned Mountain — is the center of the universe, a sacred ground. It’s also part of a mining concession Mexico’s government granted […]
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Protesting indigenous Ngabe-Bugle Indians have partially closed the Pan American highway at San Felix, according to several sources. Today negotiations on the controversial Article 5 of Bill 415 resumed in the National Assembly. Late this afternoon the Indians who have been camped in the 5th of May Plaza blocked both entrances to the National Assembly, […]
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An explosion caused the collapse of a mine in the area of Bella Rica, in the canton Ponce Enriquez, in the province of Azuay. The blast occurred at 09:30 on Wednesday. This fact has at least five people died from inhalation of toxic gases and another ten have been affected, so that police and rescue […]
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Justice Minister, Julio Alak, denied yesterday that the Justice of Catamarca has used the figure of “crimes terrorist purposes” against nine protesters arrested last week during a protest against the exploitation of the mine under la Alumbrera. However, the lawyer for the detainees, Nidia Gauthier, confirmed that last Friday, during the preliminary statement of the […]
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Councilman Santa Cruz, Marcelo Serafini reported that the third time that the company is in charge of the complex Manantial Espejo, commits a serious accident. The protest in opposition to the megaminería which began in La Rioja and Catamarca rubbed off within days, arrived yesterday to the province of Santa Cruz, where the councilman Marcelo […]
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People in the 50 and 60 were exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water in Chile, they still retain a high risk of developing bladder cancer, says a new study. This shows the importance to continue to monitor the population, according to said lead author Dr. Fernando Coz, professor of urology at the […]
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Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area’s sole source of drinking water. La Rioja “is a dry province and we have just enough clean water to live on, but […]
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The governor of La Rioja came to defend the mining The governor of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera, again defended yesterday the arrival of a Canadian mining company to exploit the Famatina, and promised that “there will be no contamination” with cyanide. The governor of La Rioja, Luis Beder Herrera, again defended yesterday the arrival […]
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Brazil is preparing to exploit minerals at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in international waters. The feat is unprecedented in two respects. The country has never ventured to exploit minerals riches (except petroleum) at such a depth, up to 6000 meters below sea level. The country also has never claimed to the international community […]
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Correa drove in five major projects with foreign billionaires Indigenous communities announced their strength and warn of serious conflicts. “We will move to a new era, that was mine.” “Ecuador could have the second largest copper mine in the world.” “We can not be beggars sitting on a sack of gold.” President Rafael Correa has […]
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The National Guard and the Army took control of New Bulla mine, located in the town of Paragua in southern Bolivar state, after the death of 6 miners in a clash between gangs “24” and “Marcopolo “for control of the place. This was announced by Secretary of Public Safety of the region, Julio Cesar Fuentes […]
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The Challenge of Iran: Ahmadinejad Latin American tour The (dangerous) Latin connection Chavez Ahmadinejad manages raw materials for its nuclear race while confirming that it is closer to getting the atomic bomb. First they move the money. Iran is interested in exploiting uranium mines in Venezuela and Ecuador in return for investing millions in economic […]
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The large-scale international companies now understand that social commitment is essential in areas of exploration and exploitation of natural resources in Peru, said the British magazine The Economist. “International companies now understand that it is essential to any social sensitivity and commitment to the residents of the area where they will operate and incorporate them […]
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Three informal miners were crushed under tons of mud and rocks in the province of Tambopata, Madre de Dios department in the southern Peruvian jungle, police said Saturday. The accident occurred early Sunday when the miners, whose names were not released, worked informally in a tunnel at the height of kilometer 115 of the Puerto […]
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Piura. The district of Las Lomas in Piura and the toad in Ayabaca, have changed their face. It looks more dynamic and expanding trade grows as informal mining. Las Lomas is the center of this growing activity carried out thousands of Piura, who a few years ago clung to defend the land for agriculture, but […]
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Demonstrations against the project began today Conga gold mining in the North Andean Peruvian region of Cajamarca, confirmed the regional president (governor) of that territory, Gregory Santos. In statements to Prensa Latina, Santos stressed the peaceful nature of the protest, which will continue tomorrow and requires a restart real dialogue between the government and social […]
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A miner has died and three remain hospitalized after a mining accident at the Portovelo Barbasco mine in Portovelo, El Oro. Read Article
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The Canadian mining company had already announced three investments in the country last month. Canadian miner Iamgold announced the purchase of 13.2 percent of Tolima Gold exploration company, at the latest in a series of small investment focused on the country’s gold industry. Read Article
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Ecuador will receive an income of 52% of the contract entered into with Canadian miner Kinross for the exploitation of Amazonian field with recoverable reserves of 6.4 million ounces of gold, said Wednesday the Minister of exhaustible natural resources, Wilson Pastor. “Consolidated all taxes, income is 52% mine” for the state, said Pastor reporters, adding […]
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According to preliminary figures released today by the Bank of Credit, the share of the total mining production grew by nearly 10 points during 1994 and 2007.Starting this month, the INEI GDP measures progress by reference and not the year 1994 but in 2007, the new base year of national accounts. According to preliminary figures […]
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The regional president of Cajamarca, Gregorio Santos, criticized President Ollanta Humala’s announcement Sunday evening of a 60-day state of emergency in four of Cajamarca’s provinces in order to bring under control protests against a multi-billion dollar gold and copper project. During an interview with Ideeleradio on Monday, Santos said that Peru’s new government “is lying […]
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Kinross Gold Corp., the third-largest Canada-based miner by market value, said it reached a non- binding agreement with Ecuador’s government to develop its Fruta del Norte gold and silver mine in the South American nation. Read Article
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The exports of gold from Cajamarca represented 71.9% of its total sales abroad, while in La Libertad the figure is 75.6%, and had to Switzerland as their main destination for 58.3% acquired the mineral in that region. Between January and September the traditional exports of these eight regions amounted to U.S. $ 8233.14 million, an […]
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Multinational companies, especially mining, are on alert for new conditions in Peru. The Ministry of Environment of Peru (Minam), together with the Ministry of Energy and Mines and other industries, announced today they will review all mining projects that can generate social conflict. The announcement comes after four investment projects were suspended for social protest. […]
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On the seventh day of protests against the Conga project in Cajamarca , several tourists, students and people with medical emergency flight civic use military aircraft to leave the city while on the road, food is rotting in trucks stranded. Read Article – Video
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Thousands of people participated in the seventh day of unemployment in Cajamarca continued despite Yanacocha announced the suspension of Minas Conga project . The regional president, Gregorio Santos, and Wilfredo Saavedra, head of Environmental Defense Coalition, reiterated its hope that the work is declared unfeasible, as they had reported a day earlier. Read Article – […]
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Gregory Regional President Santos will meet with provincial and district mayors this November 26 to evaluate the project Conga. The regional president of Cajamarca, Gregorio Santos, announced an emergency meeting with all local mayors on November 26 to discuss the anti-mining strike in protest at the Conga project Yanacocha.Read Article
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It paralyzed the trade and transport, also canceled classes in the school. The refusal of the people of the mining region of Cajamarca to the operation of a millionaire gold mine for its environmental implications is causing serious problems for the government of Peruvian President, Ollanta Humala. Read Article
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The Colombian government’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIAF) is asking that all gold buyers, refineries, exporters and importers are legally required to report all their transactions. The request comes as senior officials warn that the surging price of gold is making trade in the metal an attractive option for large-scale money-laundering operations. Foreign mining companies are […]
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There are high concentrations of uranium in Chihuahua A study by the Center for Advanced Materials Research (CIMAV) over a decade revealed that in the Chihuahua-Sacramento valley formed areas of high concentration of uranium contaminated the local water because in this territory have been reported numerous deposits of uranium ores, such as the Sierra de […]
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In Colombia, more than 6 percent of the population suffers from or is at risk of suffering, which means that 1 million 200 thousand and 1 million 500 thousand people are affected. Yadira Villalba, an endocrinologist and president of the Colombian Association of Endocrinology, indicated that an early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of type 2 […]
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The Government started debugging mining rights have been granted in protected areas such as wilderness and national parks.The director of the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas), Oscar Paredes Zapata, revealed that he ordered the evacuation of all activity on the Natural Park Yaigojé Apaporis (Amazon and Vaupés), for which a permit was granted […]
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The police captured 18 people for illegal mining retroexcavadoras inmovilizadas por la Policía. They said that among the transactions that took place during the weekend highlights the capture of 18 people who are linked to illegal acts. These arrests have been made official since the national government declared a military target this activity to consider […]
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China is set to replace the United States this year as Peru’s biggest trade partner, said Jorge Chian, the economic and trade advisor at Peru’s Embassy in Beijing. In the first seven months of 2011, Peru’s exports to China grew by 30 percent and placed it above the United States, state news agency Andina reported. […]
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Foreign investment in Colombia’s mining sector totaled 9.763 million pesos (2.345 million euros) between January and August over the previous year. The country’s president, expects to exceed the 2008 record when he collected more than 3,000 million euros. This represents an increase of 51% compared to same period in 2010. Thus, the Andean nation has […]
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The Government announced that it will buy gold to diversify reserves BCB “against the weak dollar and the euro,” will depend on the international price. In addition, the Executive estimates that each year only buy two tons of the seven that are produced in the country.The Finance Minister Luis Arce said yesterday that the two […]
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After the tragedy that occurred on October 15, 2010 in Canton Portovelo, where four miners working for the company Minesadco died, companies have taken various measures to control, but still recorded failures in their facilities Risks to health and life are eminent mining companies. Many tragedies have occurred in Ecuador and other countries in this […]
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The financial crisis in developed countries does affect the field of gold jewelry in Bolivia. Production declined and exports fell by 48%. A cooperative miners are not shining the metal as they liked and the state still does not buy the mineral.Low domestic production of raw materials, markets and consumers without tariff preferences, national and […]
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The head of the Strategic Operational Command (CEO), Henry Rangel Silva, explained that approval of this plan would be aimed at ensuring safety in the development of the gold mining industry between large international, national and small-scale miners. Read Article
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Workers at the world’s No. 3 copper mine, Chile’s Collahuasi, have decided not to stage a threatened 24-hour stoppage after accepting a deal proposed by the mine’s operator, a union source said on Friday. Read Article
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Bolivia’s leftist government plans to raise mining royalties to take advantage of high global metals prices and to bolster the state’s role in the industry, Deputy Mining Minister Hector Cordova told Reuters. Read Article
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The seventh edition of the show started today at Minera Colombia Medellin with the aim of making this sector one of the great engines of the economy of this South American country. The event will “enter into new projects, promote the adoption of the sector at national and international level and achieve sustainable development considering […]
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On Saturday, Mexican Labor Minister Javier Lozano announced the deaths of the three miners, adding that 132 miners were working in the Esmeralda mine operated by Minera del Norte, an affiliate of Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico, at the time of the incident, Reuters reported. Read Article
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Mining and energy operations in Peru, which exports metals and natural gas, were not affected by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit a remote part of the country’s Amazon region on Wednesday. Read Article
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Bolivia’s official state news agency ABI reported that Saturday’s flooding by the Tipuani River has unexpectedly swept away several gold mining cooperatives in the Department of La Paz, generating US$12 million in losses. There are no human casualties in the flooding, ABI reported Monday. Read Article
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– Peru’s government is hoping to wrap up talks this week with mining companies to define a new tax on the sector, Mines and Energy Minister Carlos Herrera said. In an article in newspaper Gestion, Herrera wrote that the government and industry representatives are scheduled to meet Monday. Read Article
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he plans to give the government exclusive control over the nation’s gold mining industry to boost the country’s international reserves. Speaking on state television Wednesday, President Chavez said he will issue a decree in the coming days to nationalize operations currently under the control of private and foreign companies. Read […]
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Growth in Latin America may see a “significant slowdown” if the U.S. and Europe return to recession, even though the region’s economies are in a good enough financial shape to avoid a crisis, Morgan Stanley said. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.com the Chilean state copper company, Codelco announced today, Monday August 1st, that it will begin mining project explorations in Ecuador with the help of Ecuador’s ENAMI and other private firms. Codelco, the largest copper producer in the world, says Ecuador is fairly new to metal mining and their copper mining knowledge could […]
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Roberto Henriquez said that the Ministry of Trade and Industry has no legal mechanism to stop illegal mining taking place in Panama due to the repeal of Act 8 reported La Estrella. The Act allowed the collection of fines, which would have avoided the law gap against the recent illegal mining allegations. Read article.
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Around 15 Indians were injured by police forces during mining protests at the intersection of San Felix in the Ngobe Bugle region reported La Estrella. Those who were injured were mostly women, which the police shot with pellets ruthlessly. The indigenous groups are requesting medical reports to file a lawsuit against the national police responsible […]
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The Government of Ecuador is planning to offer about ten mining concessions for exploration in October this year. Ecuador’s Minister for Non-Renewable Resources Wilson Pastor said that the administration of President Rafael Correa is expecting to sign exploitation and investment contracts with at least three foreign mining companies next month.Read Article
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German technology and German knowhow are to help the Colombian coalmining sector, underground mining in particular, to become safer and increase its production. A strategic co-operation is planned that is to comprise not only a safety partnership but also technology transfer. Juan Gabriel Ceballos Campuzano is the owner of Colombia’s old-established family mining firm Soc […]
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Colombian Vice minister of Environment, Carlos Castaño, states that 53% of mines in Colombia are illegal. There are over 6,000 mines in the country in 18 different departments. Castaño says that many of the mines operate under badly submitted titles due to Ingeominas*. He affirms that the government and the Ministry of Environment will work […]
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According to ElComercio.pe on Friday June 24th there was a confrontation between the National Police and residents of Azangaro at the Manaco Capac Airport. Officials say the confrontation left 5 dead and 10 wounded. The protester tried to overtake the airport’s control tower while police headed them off with guns, shields and tear gas. At […]
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RPP.com.pe reports residents of Arcata, in the Cayarani District of the Condesuyos province, who have been on strike for 72 hours, just blocked the entrance of the road to the area. Residential officials say they are protesting the pollution from the mining company of Ares S.A.C. and the failure to implement promised projects that would […]
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•The collapse of a mine in Socotá, Colombia caused the deaths of two miners. •As revealed by elespectador.com, the two miners, Darío Villlalba and Luis Corredor, died Wednesday morning in Polacos mine, and two other miners were rescued. •So far in 2011, 29 people have died in mining accidents, and in 2010, 84 accidents claimed […]
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•On Wednesday, July 20th, 2011, a group of 5,000 indigenous Colombians gathered in Toribío to protest war and military actions within their territories. •El Tiempo relates that they have declared themselves in permanent minga* and that they are asking the Colombian government to amend their policies concerning actions within their territories as well as calling […]
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Thirty years ago, several thousand civilians in the northern Salvadoran community of Santa Marta quickly gathered a few belongings and fled the US-funded Salvadoran military as it burned their houses and fields in an early stage of the country’s twelve-year civil war. Dozens were killed as they crossed the Lempa River into refugee camps in […]
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According Agenica Venezolana de Noticias, on August 9 the indigenous community in Panama will lead a national strike and march to the capital due to a breach of Changuinola agreements by President Ricardo Martinelli. The strike was decided by the General Conference of indigenous regions, who were enraged by the government’s failure to compensate indigenous […]
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According to RPP.com.pe people from the Lampa province in the Puno region, blocked the main road that leads to the city of Juliaca today Thursday June 30th. Protesters say this is the first day of a 48-hour strike to demand that government officials comply with an increase in mining royalties. Officials say that residents are […]
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