The Curse of Copper: Codelco in Intag (again)
Ecuador’s state mining company, signed a deal to begin exploration of promising copper deposits in the north of the country and within mining areas belonging to Ecuador. There are very few places with such characteristics, and of course, the main one is in Intag. And, in fact, Codelco mentions in this news release […]
Read MoreMILITARY PRESENCE IN INTAG
Please see this blog for the photos accompanying the denouncement of the presence of military personnel in Intag to suppossedly control the traffic of illegal lumber and alcohol, and updating mapping information http://cordinadorazonalintag.blogspot.com This comes at a time when the Correa regimen has made it public its intent on opening up and exploiting the […]
Read MoreUpdate Sept 2011-
Intag news, September two thousand and eleven Police arrests anti-mining activists Updated 25 September Stopping Codelco in Intag- For Now Large Scale mining: another green light The folly of Ecuador’s new mining plan Conservation in Intag Selva Alegre and Lafarge: New Arrests in Intag This last September 9, a squad of police from the town of […]
Read MoreWhy Codelco Will Also Fail
WHY CODELCO WILL ALSO FAIL IN INTAG I recently had a look at the government’s brand new mining development plan for 20II-20I5. Junin is mentioned several times, not just as having an incredible 40% of the country’s mineral wealth (supposedly 84 billion dollars worth- quite a stretch!!), but also because the government thinks it can […]
Read MoreMining Paradise II
JUNE 4 UPDATE: Mining Paradise II: Intag’s New Ominous Mining THREATS Is the Junin nightmare about to restart? Paraiso and Codelco Lafarge Cement taken to court Mining mayhem June 4… Yesterday we heard that Codelco, Chile’s state-owned copper company and the world’s largest producer of the red metal, was officially interested in reopening the JUNIN […]
Read MoreMINING PARADISE: The new mining threat in Intag
Mining Paradise: Intag’s New Ominous Mining Threat Lafarge Cement Two courtroom Losses in the same week Mining Paradise II: Update 5 April It’s been a while. I’m going to try to summarize as much as possible as too much is going on.The new mining threat, in the area of the El Paraiso community, lies approximately […]
Read MoreLatest (Dec 2010)
News, Dec 2010 Four years of impunity. This month marks the fourth anniversary of the paramilitary attack on the Junin community paid for by Copper Mesa Mining Corporation. It is four years and one month since the paramilitary incursion into the Barcelona and Cerro Pelado communities. Also paid by the mining company. Four years and […]
Read MoreEcuador’s mining agenda and JUNIN
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSEMBLY HELD IN INTAG CORREA’S GOVERNMENT OPENLY PRO-MINING AGENDA INCLUDES INTAG UPDATES FROM BARCELONA AND EL ROSAL THIS PAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (Sept 3 and 4), 100 folks from all over Ecuador met to discuss environmental and social issues affecting Ecuador, and to reaffirm the National Environmental Assembly’s work. The Assembly is made […]
Read MoreUpdate 13 August
Please see the news on our site for more details on going ons 13 August. Earth Economics finally received full funding to finish their alternative economic study of the Intag area!!!!! The study aims to present solid economic information on the value that all of Intag’s ecosystem services are providing which would be destroyed by […]
Read MoreUpdate 2 August….AND MORE NEWS
3 August A quick update on the mining situation: On July 29th the government sent in 200 police (according to eye witnesses) to clear the road from protesters who had been blockading access the CECAL limestone mine for months (Selva Alegre Parish). This was the second attempt by the government to forcefully reopen the mine. […]
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