Challenging Canadian Mining Companies
Imposing mining projects on communities of resistance From Z Magazine, June 2007 Vol. 20 No. 6: 50-55 By Al Gedicks Canadian mining companies, which constitute almost 60 percent of the world’s exploration and mining companies, have made Latin America the world’s most popular resource frontier. The Toronto stock exchange is the world’s largest single source […]
Read MoreResistance to Ascendant continues in Ecuador
Jun 14, 2007 14:15 ET MiningWatch Canada: Resistance to Ascendant Copper’s Junin Project continues in Ecuador OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 14, 2007) – Employees of Ascendant Copper Corporation continue to face limitations when accessing the concession at their Junin project due to local opposition to the project, an issue that was downplayed in Ascendant Copper’s […]
Read MoreMinister Against Open Pit Mining, Concessions were chaos
Espaniol ver abajo Also below: Rejection of Environmental Impact Study; Stop work order, and National Anti-mining Strike tuesday, June 12The Minister of Energy and Mines of Ecuador, Alberto Acosta, said yesterday that he oposes open-pit mining, and that he considers the mining concessions in Ecuador were a “real chaos”. He further implied that the future […]
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