Posts tagged "Ecuador"

Royalty debates revisit Latin American states

Three Latin American states are the envy of most other country in terms of the potential value of the major minerals that lie beneath their soil – particularly copper, iron ore and gold. Among developing …
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Ethical Tribunal on Transborder Mining in Latin America

Latin American activists who want to call attention to mining developments located in border areas will gather in Chile to “pass judgement” on projects they regard as detrimental to local communities, the environment and national …
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Canadian court strikes out Ecuadorian lawsuit against Canadian mining company and Toronto Stock Exchange

An Ontario court struck out a lawsuit brought in Ontario by three Ecuadorian campesinos against a Canadian mining company and its directors, whose security forces they say assaulted them in Ecuador for opposing an open …
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Avatar in Ecuador

If there were ever a place that came close to the magical world of Pandora in James Cameron’s new film Avatar, it would probably be the Amazon. There may not be butterflies that look like …
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Legal cases which may act as helpful examples

There is no direct London connection to the cases considered below, although Copper Mesa Mining Corporation, formerly Ascendant Copper, did in the past have an agreement with Rio Tinto which may have seen the London …
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UK Parliamentary human rights committee issues report on UK businesses

In 2009, the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights conducted an inquiry on business and human rights.

London Mining Network and a number of its member groups and associates made submissions to this inquiry.…
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Canadian mining firms face abuse allegations

Canadian mining companies are facing allegations of abuse and assault on local citizens in dozens of developing nations…In Ottawa…a House of Commons committee…will continue debating a Liberal private member’s bill designed to put controls on …
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Report on the European tour by Indigenous women from Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru

organised by LMN member group LAMMP, October 2009

It could be considered that the testimonies here discussed are nothing more than anecdotal information, but this is far from true. The rural and indigenous women …
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Women fight South American mines

LMN member group LAMMP organised a successful visit to London by women activists from Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru, all of whom are under threat for their resistance to largescale mining projects.

• UK urged to …
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Copper-bottomed market changes

London Calling on a copper conundrum which probably isn’t

We may be forgiven for failing to understand the forces which, over the past half year of the collapse of debt “securitisation”, have stimulated an increase …
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