Talking like a mining company: the Escobal mine in GuatemalaTalking like a mining company: the Escobal mine in Guatemala

Talking like a mining company: the Escobal mine in Guatemala

 · T he Escobal Mine, loed in eastern Guatemala, is the secondlargest silver mine in the world and the source of one of the most protracted environmental conflicts in Guatemala. Mining activities have been suspended by direct action from the community resistance movement, and by order of the Constitutional Tribunal since mid2017.
Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New ...Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New ...

Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New ...

 · Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New Guatemalan Government The new president has appointed a former mining executive to a highlevel post, worrying indigenous communities that have ...
Guatemala to seek 2year moratorium on new metal mining ...Guatemala to seek 2year moratorium on new metal mining ...

Guatemala to seek 2year moratorium on new metal mining ...

 · Guatemala President Otto Perez will ask the country's congress on Wednesday to impose a twoyear moratorium on new metalmining licenses in an effort to calm tensions in mostly indigenous ...
Guatemala Sets Curfew in Province After Protests | World ...Guatemala Sets Curfew in Province After Protests | World ...

Guatemala Sets Curfew in Province After Protests | World ...

 · Guatemala Sets Curfew in Province After Protests. Soldiers receive instructions in El Estor, at the northern coastal province of Izabal, Guatemala, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The Guatemalan government ...
Guatemala mining GDP fallsGuatemala mining GDP falls

Guatemala mining GDP falls

The GDP of Guatemala's mining sector fell to quetzals (US235mn) in the fourth quarter of 2013, down from quetzals in the same period last year.
Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala ...Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala ...

Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala ...

 · Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala pollution. Two subsidiaries of Swiss mining company Solway Investment Group hid reports of pollution in an indigenous area of northeastern Guatemala, an international consortium of media companies said Sunday. The "Mining Secrets" investigation — in which 65 journalists from 15 countries ...
Guatemala stokes conflict around mining by failing to ...Guatemala stokes conflict around mining by failing to ...

Guatemala stokes conflict around mining by failing to ...

 · News September 19, 2014 Guatemala stokes conflict around mining by failing to consult communities. The Guatemalan government is fuelling the fires of conflict by failing to consult local communities before awarding mining licences to companies, effectively raising the risk of bloodshed and bulldozing over the rights of its people, said Amnesty International today.
Four agreements signed at first pre ...Four agreements signed at first pre ...

Four agreements signed at first pre ...

 · Guatemala's Ministry of Energy and Mining, the Xinka People Parliament, Pan American Silver Guatemala (TSX: PAAS) and other interested parties signed four agreements during the first pre ...
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Opposition deputies in Guatemala present law to end mining ...Opposition deputies in Guatemala present law to end mining ...

Opposition deputies in Guatemala present law to end mining ...

 · Guatemala City, 17 Mar The opposition political group Semilla presented this Thursday in Guatemala a bill to suspend mining in the Central American country, since "it is highly polluting and ...
IKN | Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase ...IKN | Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase ...

IKN | Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase ...

Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase. Last week in the politics section we noted the slight mystery of a new Viceminister of Mining in Guatemala. This week the reasons behind the change may have become clear, as the country's President Jimmy .
Indigenous Xinka march over contested Guatemalan mine ...Indigenous Xinka march over contested Guatemalan mine ...

Indigenous Xinka march over contested Guatemalan mine ...

 · Guatemala City – When private security forces for a mining company operating in Guatemala began shooting at protesters in 2013, Misael Martinez ran. "We were peacefully protesting at the gate ...
Guatemalan Congress Proposes Royalty IncreaseGuatemalan Congress Proposes Royalty Increase

Guatemalan Congress Proposes Royalty Increase

 · In particular, this news release describes potential future events related to (i) Congressional legislation that proposes increasing Guatemala's mining royalty; (ii) the Company's ability to fund ...
What is Guatemalan Jade? | Rock Gem MagazineWhat is Guatemalan Jade? | Rock Gem Magazine

What is Guatemalan Jade? | Rock Gem Magazine

 · Mining Guatemalan Jade. There is no underground mining of Guatemalan jade. Jade boulders are heated and then water is thrown onto the hot boulder to create cracks. Gasolinepowered jackhammers are used to remove jade 'lenses' from the boulders. . The hunt for jade is arduous.
Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining ...Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining ...

Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining ...

News. Territories Free of Mining Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats ... The hard work of protecting water and land from the longterm harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout Latin America and around the world. ... in Guatemala, the ...
Ch'orti' Community Members Threatened by Mining Company ...Ch'orti' Community Members Threatened by Mining Company ...

Ch'orti' Community Members Threatened by Mining Company ...

 · En español. By Cesar Gomez (CS STAFF) Indigenous leaders and authorities from the community of Lelá Obraje and Lelá Chaco, Chiquimula, Guatemala, recently denounced threats by the mining company Cantera el Porvenir and the Municipal Corporation of Camotán Chiquimula, headed by Noé Guerra, for resisting the installation of a new mining project.
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Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala pollutionProbe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala pollution

Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala pollution

 · Two subsidiaries of Swiss mining company Solway Investment Group hid reports of pollution in an indigenous area of northeastern Guatemala, an international consortium of media companies said Sunday.
Guatemalan town calm under martial law after mining ...Guatemalan town calm under martial law after mining ...

Guatemalan town calm under martial law after mining ...

 · Guatemalan town calm under martial law after mining dispute Police and soldiers are frisking people at checkpoints and a tense calm reigns in the streets of the ...