The Chilean mining giant Codelco against the Ecuador is attracting worldwide attention. What is really behind the arbitration? Continue reading
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Reuters: Chile’s Codelco wants arbitration with Ecuador over Llurimagua project
Chile’s state-controlled Codelco, the world’s top copper mining company, said on Thursday it had requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its National Mining Company (Enami EP) over the Llurimagua project. Continue reading
ECUADOR’S ELECTIONS SHOW MINING DAYS ARE NUMBERED
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Coupled with the landslide approval of an anti-mining referendum in Ecuador’s third largest city, the writing could not be more up on the wall for mining’s future. Continue reading
Sanctuary for life in Ecuador
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A Constitutional Protection Action could protect the Rights of Nature over the economic rights of transnational companies in Ecuador’s Intag Valley. Continue reading
If the Frogs Should Win…
A Massive Copper Deposit, a Rights-of Nature Case, and the Destiny of Two Species of Frog They seem so insignificant, two frogs no more than 4 centimeters in length. But much is riding on them: not least of which is … Continue reading
Major legal victory for endemic species in Ecuador and the Rights of Nature
on Thursday 24 September a judge at the Cotacachi Court ruled that the Ministry of the Environment failed at its job of protecting species on the Llurimagua mining concession in northwestern Ecuador’s biodiverse cloud forests. Continue reading
Codelco to lose Ecuador concesión applications
Chile’s state copper company Codelco looks set to lose some 42,600 hectares of exploration ground in Ecuador it has requested in 11 concessions following a reform to the mining law at the end of July. Continue reading
When I Think of the Copper Laying Under Intag’s Cloud Forests.
The last thing I think about is clean energy for the poor of our planet, what I think about is death, contamination and devastation. Continue reading
Ecuador and Intag in Times of Pandemic
The Ecuadorian government and mining companies are abusing the crisis to advance their lethal agendas. Continue reading
BHP’s divide and conquer.
BHP is putting pressure on vulnerable ecosystems and communities in a mega-biodiverse region of Ecuador despite flaunting its commitment to environmental sustainability. Continue reading