Under ruggedly beautiful mountains close to Peru’s border with Ecuador lie billions of dollars worth of copper owned by British-based firm Monterrico Metals. In August 2005, hundreds of Peruvian subsistence farmers and their families …
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The UK’s scandalous legal aid bill is a threat to global human rights
Last updated: Nov 10, 2011
Peruvian activist priest escapes violent ambush
Last updated: Oct 8, 2011
The attack occurred on the evening of Thursday 15 September in the region of the Majaz mining copper concession, owned by the Chinese corporation Zijin (and formerly owned by Monterrico Metals of Britain). Father Arana …
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Peru’s Congress passes Indigenous Peoples’ mining consultation law
Last updated: Aug 31, 2011
Peru’s Congress has taken an important step toward incorporating the International Labor Organisation’s convention on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (ILO 169) into law, since the convention was ratified in 1994.
Although broadly welcomed as …
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CAFOD urges mining firm Monterrico to clean up its act
Last updated: Jul 28, 2011
Last week, Monterrico Metals settled out of court with torture survivors in Peru. The company insisted that details of the settlement be kept secret. (See http://www.leighday.co.uk/news/news-archive-2011/peruvian-torture-victims-compensated-by-uk-miner.)
CAFOD’s senior analyst on the extractives industry, Karen …
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Peruvian torture claimants compensated by UK mining company
Last updated: Jul 22, 2011
Press release from Leigh Day and Co
20 July 2011
Legal proceedings by 33 Peruvians against UK-based Monterrico Metals PLC have been settled by compensation payments, without admitting liability. The London High Court trial was …
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Film: 2nd December
Last updated: Feb 16, 2011
This is the story of the December 2009 attack by the police on the village of Cajas Canchaque, located in the North of Peru, where two farmers were shot dead. Police entered the village, a …
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More than 40% of Paramos in Northern Peru under mining concession
Last updated: Dec 8, 2010
More than 40% of the paramo in the northwesterly department of Piura, Peru is under mining concessions. These high altitude wetlands are vital sources of water for the arid lowlands where important export agriculture operations …
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Ethical Tribunal on Transborder Mining in Latin America
Last updated: Sep 22, 2010
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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International campaign: Mining in Paradise? No-go zones for Mining
Last updated: Sep 17, 2010
LMN member group CATAPA has, with Peruvian organisations, launched a campaign in support of communities in Northern Peru who are saying ‘No’ to mining in their areas, including by companies based in London. Read about the …
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Peru: Violence Targets Anti-Mining Activists
Last updated: Dec 15, 2009
On Wednesday 2nd of December a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba, northern Peru. During …
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MINING CONFLICT IN PERÚ LEAVES TWO DEAD
Last updated: Dec 4, 2009
Court Upholds Injunction by Peruvian Torture Victims Freezing Assets of British Mining Company
Last updated: Nov 5, 2009
Peru Support Group and CAFOD Statement
On Friday 16th October a High Court decision upheld the injunction to freeze the assets of British mining company Monterrico Metals. Mrs Justice Gloster ruled that the Claimants …
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