por Patrick Schein 08/05/2012 en 10:57 Un artículo reciente en el pueblo suizo de Medel, que votaron en contra de la aprobación de una licencia de exploración para explotar un yacimiento de oro en las montañas de Grisons estimado en 25 toneladas, con un valor de mercado de algunos 1,3 miles de millones de dólares a precios corrientes, led me to reflect on the real end

The San Jose Project By Ed Williams In 2006, the Mexican government ceded over 143,000 acres of indigenous land to a Canadian mining company. When Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines celebrated the grand opening of its first Mexican mine in September, communities on the ground felt some familiar impacts. “We felt a ‘boom’ come from the

Editorial por Marc Choyt, Editor, Fairjewelry.org Mining companies have colluded with governments to undermine the rights of indigenous small miners for hundreds of years. Típicamente, “the law” is used as their shield and excuse. Even in the developed world, mining companies and lobbyists collude with officials to write the laws that support their profit