Friends of the Earth calls on Canada’s Auditor General to investigate corruption by a Canadian mining company in Ecuador
Reposted from Environmental Communication Options News Releases (www.huffstrategy.com/MediaManager/ReadRelease.php?ReleaseID=235) 14/6/06 3:03PM(Ottawa, June 14, 2006) On the eve of a federal government-led initiative to debate regulating the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad*, Friends of the Earth has formally petitioned the Auditor General to investigate a junior mining company’s activities in Ecuador’s endangered Cloud Forest. “The Canadian […]
Read MoreJune 11, 2006 Update* WHY IS THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES SO UPSET AT ASCENDANT?AND, WHY IS THE MAYOR OF COTACACHI SO PISSED WITH THE COMPANY?(and other tales Ascendant woes) “The Ministry of Energy and Mines, concerned with the escalation of conflicts in the areas of Golden 1 and Golden 2, takeS no responsibility […]
Read MoreINTAG RECHAZA ASCENDANT COPPER CORPORATION
20 de Mayo 2006 Golpe Mortal para Ascendant: Todo indica que la Asamblea Zonal realizada por las Juntas Parroquiales de Intag este último sábado en García Moreno, se convertirá en el golpe mortal para los planes de la empresa transnacional Ascendant Copper Corporation de minar cobre en la zona de Intag. Los que estuvieron en […]
Read MoreImages From the May 20th Meeting
Intag’s Parishes and Communities Demand: "ASCENDANT HAS TO LEAVE INTAG IMMEDIATELY" View Images >
Read More20 May- Deadly Blow to Ascendant
20 May 2006 Intag deals a deadly blow to Ascendant Copper Corporation’s plan to mine copper in Ecuador It was a hot, perfectly sunny day in the town García Moreno where, depending on three different sources, between 500 and 800 representatives from all of Intag’s Parishes and most of its communities, in addition to most […]
Read MoreIn the News: Ascendant Copper Corporation Meets Resistance in Ecuador
From Upside Down WorldWritten by Cyril Mychalejko | Monday, 15 May 2006 | Go to Article In spite of criticism and resistance from local residents, Canadian mining company Ascendant Copper Corporation has big plans for its two large mining operations in Ecuador. “We are confident that Ecuador will grow to be one of the world’s […]
Read MoreMay 14 (Strange) Update: IN INTAG EVEN THE DEAD SUPPORT MINING!
This could be one for Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Today I got a hold of a document with a lot of nonsense about an assembly supporting the work of the mining company in Intag, and rejecting the presence of Carlos Zorrilla, for leading the opposition against the mining project. Further down, the fictional assembly […]
Read MoreMay 4th Update 2
May 4th Updates to the update…More information is slowly filtering in about the confrontation that took place yesterday in the vicinity of Junin. Not surprisingly, there are different versions; the one I heard today was that closer to 20 what the communities labeled “intruders” were found in the junction of the Chalguayacu and Junin Rivers, […]
Read MoreINTAG 4 MAY UPDATE
Ascendant’s Supposed EIA Running Into TroubleConcessions Again Imperiled: Government Reaffirms Community’s Rights to Prior ConsultationNew Confrontation in JuninNew Campaign Targets Ascendant Ascendant’s Supposed EIA Running Into Trouble DECOIN recently uncovered proof that Ascendant Copper Corporation’s Environmental Impact Study (EIS) was undertaken without the approval or knowledge of governmental mining authorities, and violating other legal procedures. […]
Read MoreAnti-Mining Factions to Join Forces Against Ascendant
It was only a matter of time, but it’s now official: CODEGAM has joined with the rest of Intag’s forces to oppose Ascendant’s Junin mining project. The proposal to work together against Ascendant came yesterday after a meeting of the main anti-mining forces in Intag: including CODEGAM, DECOIN and the Community Development Council. OFFICIAL BREAK […]
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