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Mining for Gold: A “Pact with the Devil”?

| FTAs & ISDS
Mining for Gold:  A “Pact with the Devil”? The economic crisis—and the rising price of gold—have spurred North American firms to reopen mines and attack environmental regulations. Here’s what we can learn from El Salvador’s moratorium on new mining permits. by John Cavanagh,  Robin Broad Poste...

De dónde sacó el dinero Commerce Group

| Commerce Group
¿De dónde sacó el dinero Commerce Group? English Version Lo último que se supo fue que la compañía minera de Milwaukee, Estados Unidos: Commerce Group, estaba esforzándose para conseguir los US $ 150,000 para pagar el proceso de apelación en el caso contra el Estado salvadoreño. Mientras se ace...

Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money?

| Commerce Group
Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money? Versión en Español The last anyone had heard was that the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group was struggling to come up with the $150,000 to pay for the appeal proceedings in their case against the Salvadoran government.  As July 19th, the payme...

The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would temporary suspend all mining activity in El Salvador. The bill states that the...

Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining and environmental organizations consider that by allowing mining in El Salvador, the repercussions for the environment would exceed the multi-million debt that the country currently faces in the lawsui...

The MARN Confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión

| Commerce Group
The MARN confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión This weekend the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) confirmed the presence of unhealthy levels of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, proposed mining site of the Milwaukee-based...

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