Posts tagged "City Natural Resources"

More pressure is applied to Goldcorp in Guatemala

Three new independent studies have confirmed allegations of serious health and environmental violations by GoldCorp at its Marlin mine in Guatemala.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Indians living near the mine are accusing a Supreme Court justice …
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Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Mine

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the …
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Guatemala says to suspend Goldcorp’s Marlin mine

The Guatemalan government said it would suspend operations at Goldcorp Inc’s Marlin mine due to allegations the facility was contaminating water supplies. The government said in a statement it would act to comply with the …
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Criminalized and threatened, women stand their ground against the Goldcorp mine in Guatemala

The San Marcos highlands like the rest of the country of Guatemala are almost entirely covered by mineral claims and concessions. According to the Commission for Peace and Ecology (COPAE) of the Diocese of San …
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Goldcorp mired in controversy

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the
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Searching for gold at the end of the Guatemalan rainbow

A Canadian television director sent a four-person crew to investigate questions about Canadian mining companies operating in eastern and western Guatemala. At the Marlin Mine, operated by GoldCorp, local residents claim the massive mining projects …
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Goldcorp’s Guatemala mine ‘exploiting’ locals

Rights activists and residents have accused the Canadian owners of Guatemala’s largest gold mine of exploiting local communities. Most worrying, they say, is the use of highly toxic cyanide to separate gold particles from the …
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Goldcorp ups 2010 exploration budget to US$145mn due to El Morro, Camino Rojo – Chile, Mexico

Vancouver-based Goldcorp has revised up its 2010 exploration guidance budget to US$145mn from the originally announced US$130mn.

See http://www.bnamericas.com/news/mining/Goldcorp_ups_2010_exploration_budget_to_US*145mn_due_to_El_Morro,_Camino_Rojo/178535547.

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers …
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Do leopards change their spots?

Commentary on Goldcorp by Diana Mills, Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc,
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CAFOD and Goldcorp

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the …
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CAFOD and Development and Peace Canada discover evidence of severe water contamination at Goldcorp mine

An investigation by aid agency CAFOD and Canada’s Development and Peace has uncovered documents showing water contamination at a Honduras mine owned by multi-million dollar mining company Goldcorp. Among the investors in Goldcorp are British-based …
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British-funded mine accused of damaging buildings in Guatemala

A new report on building damage in San Marcos Department, Guatemala, says that the most probable cause of the cracked houses near the Marlin Mine, a project of Montana Exploradora, subsidiary of the Canadian Mining …
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