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Argentina: Argentine Province Renews Navidad Mine Environment-Impact Plan – CNN, 10/9/07
| | Approval granted for a mine that the local community opposes. |
Argentina: BHP buys Falkland oil stake – Reuters, 10/7/07
Belize: Landmark court ruling recognises Mayan land rights – Survival International, 11/2/07
| | Mayan communities in Belize are celebrating a landmark Supreme Court ruling which recognises their rights to the ownership of their land. The ruling orders government not to carry out any mining or other extractive industries on Mayan land. |
Chile: Big earthquake kills two in Chile and hits mining – Reuters, 11/14/07
Chile: Chile Says $17 Billion Planned for Copper, Gold Mines – Bloomberg Press, 10/8/07
Chile: Pascua-Lama: CHILE: PASCUA LAMA OPPOSITION REVIVES DURING SATURDAY MARCH – The Santiago Times, 10/29/07
Colombia: Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code – Inter Press Service , 10/23/07
Ecuador: Junin: Ascendant Copper Holding Steady on Ecuadorian Nest Egg: Part 1 – Resource Investor, 10/10/07
| | Industry-slanted article on the mining company's loss of the Junin mine due to community opposition. |
Guyana: Grant aid for sustainable forest, gold ops signed – Starbroek News, 10/24/07
| | WWF Guianas launched the second phase of its regional environmental project aimed at sustainable forest management and reducing pollution from gold mining. |
Honduras: DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE delivers strong message to Ottawa on the need to call Canadian mining companies to account – CNW Telbec, 10/24/07
Honduras: Breakwater Temporarily Suspends Milling Operations at Its Mochito Mine (Honduras) – Smart Money/MarketWire, 10/18/07
Mexico: Report: Mexico's largest copper mine fraught with health, safety dangers – International Herald Tribune, 11/12/07
Namibia: Marine Diamond Mining Picks Up – Trading Markets, 10/12/07
Panama: Panamanian Indigenous University Students Demand Rights – Prensa Latina, 10/14/07
| | University students from Panamanian indigenous communities denounced the privations their regions are suffering and demanded more access to land and respect for their cultural traditions. |
Papua New Guinea: Mining company gets thumbs-up to carry out exploration in ESP – The National, 10/29/07
| | Canadian mining company to begin exploration work on the seabed of Papua New Guinea's islands. |
Peru: Peru Declares Mining Strike Illegal, Pinilla Says – Bloomberg Press, 11/7/07
Peru: Barrick and Peru Pierina union reach wage deal – Reuters, 10/30/07
Peru: UPDATE 2-Southern Copper shifts $2 bln to Peru, scraps Mexico – Reuters , 10/23/07
Peru: Southern Copper Peruvian unions get back to work – Mineweb, 10/12/07
Peru: ENVIRONMENT-PERU: Joining Forces to Save the Mantaro River – Inter Press Service , 10/9/07
Peru: Minera IRL signs processing contract in Peru – Small Cap News, 10/8/07
Philippines: Rapu-Rapu: Rapu-Rapu Folk Going Hungry after Fish Kill; Locals Report Possible Seafood Poisoning – Bulatlat, 11/11/07
Suriname: Canadian gold mining company to acquire new project in Suriname – Caribbean Net News, 10/18/07
USA: Senate Committee Ratifies Law of the Sea Treaty – Inter Press Service , 11/2/07
| | US Senate ratified LOST, which sets international rules over deep-sea mining and exploration. |
USA: Montana: East Helena: Reports: Treatment system, soil cleanup will top $60M for Asarco – Helena Independent Record, 11/29/07
| | Asarco needs to contain an underground arsenic plume by installing one of two water treatment systems in East Helena that could each cost about $50 million to construct, plus millions of dollars more in ongoing operation and maintenance costs, according to two water quality experts hired by the state of Montana. |
Venezuela: Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana to conform organization of diamond producers of South America – Mathaba, 11/1/07
Venezuela: TRADE: Venezuelan Diamonds Under the Microscope – Inter Press Service , 10/27/07
| | Venezuela will have to explain its policies on mining and exporting diamonds at the next annual session of the Kimberley Process, an intergovernmental initiative to halt the use of the diamond industry to finance armed conflicts and civil wars. |
Community Opposition: Ascendant Copper Holding Steady on Ecuadorian Nest Egg: Part 1 – Resource Investor, 10/10/07
| | Industry-slanted article on the mining company's loss of the Junin mine due to community opposition. |
Community Opposition: Argentine Province Renews Navidad Mine Environment-Impact Plan – CNN, 10/9/07
| | Approval granted for a mine that the local community opposes. |
Corruption: TRADE: Venezuelan Diamonds Under the Microscope – Inter Press Service , 10/27/07
| | Venezuela will have to explain its policies on mining and exporting diamonds at the next annual session of the Kimberley Process, an intergovernmental initiative to halt the use of the diamond industry to finance armed conflicts and civil wars. |
Glaciers: CHILE: PASCUA LAMA OPPOSITION REVIVES DURING SATURDAY MARCH – The Santiago Times, 10/29/07
Government Policy: Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code – Inter Press Service , 10/23/07
Human Health: Report: Mexico's largest copper mine fraught with health, safety dangers – International Herald Tribune, 11/12/07
Human Health: Rapu-Rapu Folk Going Hungry after Fish Kill; Locals Report Possible Seafood Poisoning – Bulatlat, 11/11/07
Human Rights: DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE delivers strong message to Ottawa on the need to call Canadian mining companies to account – CNW Telbec, 10/24/07
Human Rights\Indigenous: Landmark court ruling recognises Mayan land rights – Survival International, 11/2/07
| | Mayan communities in Belize are celebrating a landmark Supreme Court ruling which recognises their rights to the ownership of their land. The ruling orders government not to carry out any mining or other extractive industries on Mayan land. |
Human Rights\Indigenous: Mining company gets thumbs-up to carry out exploration in ESP – The National, 10/29/07
| | Canadian mining company to begin exploration work on the seabed of Papua New Guinea's islands. |
Human Rights\Indigenous: Panamanian Indigenous University Students Demand Rights – Prensa Latina, 10/14/07
| | University students from Panamanian indigenous communities denounced the privations their regions are suffering and demanded more access to land and respect for their cultural traditions. |
Labor: Peru Declares Mining Strike Illegal, Pinilla Says – Bloomberg Press, 11/7/07
Labor: Barrick and Peru Pierina union reach wage deal – Reuters, 10/30/07
Labor: UPDATE 2-Southern Copper shifts $2 bln to Peru, scraps Mexico – Reuters , 10/23/07
Labor: Southern Copper Peruvian unions get back to work – Mineweb, 10/12/07
Ocean Mining: Senate Committee Ratifies Law of the Sea Treaty – Inter Press Service , 11/2/07
| | US Senate ratified LOST, which sets international rules over deep-sea mining and exploration. |
Toxics: Reports: Treatment system, soil cleanup will top $60M for Asarco – Helena Independent Record, 11/29/07
| | Asarco needs to contain an underground arsenic plume by installing one of two water treatment systems in East Helena that could each cost about $50 million to construct, plus millions of dollars more in ongoing operation and maintenance costs, according to two water quality experts hired by the state of Montana. |
Toxics\Tailings: Breakwater Temporarily Suspends Milling Operations at Its Mochito Mine (Honduras) – Smart Money/MarketWire, 10/18/07
Water Pollution: Reports: Treatment system, soil cleanup will top $60M for Asarco – Helena Independent Record, 11/29/07
| | Asarco needs to contain an underground arsenic plume by installing one of two water treatment systems in East Helena that could each cost about $50 million to construct, plus millions of dollars more in ongoing operation and maintenance costs, according to two water quality experts hired by the state of Montana. |
Water Pollution: ENVIRONMENT-PERU: Joining Forces to Save the Mantaro River – Inter Press Service , 10/9/07
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