mining
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19-Jul-2019 Express Tribune
ICSID penalty
In the Reko Diq case registered by Tethyan Copper Company, the dollar-starved Pakistan has been slapped a penalty way beyond its reach by the World Bank-sponsored ICSID.
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18-Jul-2019 Amigos de la Tierra
Las grandes empresas han ‘secuestrado la justicia’
El acuerdo de Asociación Económica Integral Regional socavaría las normas de protección del medioambiente en Asia.
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17-Jul-2019 L’Humanité
La Roumanie dit non à un projet en or nocif
L’État roumain en retirant son permis d’exploitation à une compagnie minière canadienne se voit aujourd’hui traîné devant les tribunaux internationaux.
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16-Jul-2019 El Periódico
CIADI conformó panel arbitral para el caso La Puya
El CIADI aceptó la conformación del panel arbitral que conocerá la demanda contra el Estado de Guatemala planteada por Daniel W. Kappes y Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, por la suspensión del proyecto minero Progreso VII Derivada El Tambor.
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16-Jul-2019 CNN Chile
Pakistán deberá indemnizar a Antofagasta Minerals y Barrick Gold por más de 5 mil millones de dólares
El CIADI del Banco Mundial determinó que el país islámico deberá desembolsar 5.840 millones de dólares tras denegar ilegalmente la licencia minera para el proyecto Reko Diq.
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16-Jul-2019 Les Affaires
Une coentreprise de Barrick Gold obtient 5,8 G $ en dommages intérêts
Barrick Gold a indiqué que sa coentreprise avec le mineur chilien Antofagasta avait obtenu 5,84 milliards $ US en dommages-intérêts pour son projet Reko Diq, au Pakistan.
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15-Jul-2019 Business Recorder
Government decides to challenge award
The Pakistan government has decided to challenge the award ICSID award that includes $4.08 billion penalty and $1.87 billion interest.
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14-Jul-2019 The News International
Pakistan fined Rs950 bn in Reko Diq case
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank has rendered almost $6 billion (Rs950 billion) award against Pakistan in Reko Diq case.
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27-Jun-2019 CIAR Global
Informe analiza los arbitrajes en el sector minero en América Latina y El Caribe
Las conclusiones se plantean a través del estudio de 38 demandas de arbitrajes bajo el actual sistema de arbitraje de inversiones.
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12-Jun-2019 Bangkok Post
Mine owner takes govt to arbitration
Australian gold mining firm Kingsgate Consolidated is seeking negotiations with the new Thai government over the case in which it was ordered to cease mining operations in Phichit two years ago.
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29-May-2019 Nevada Capital News
Trans-local mining activism connects Nevada and Guatemala in growing movement of resource nationalism
In December of 2018, KCA filed a $300 million-dollar arbitration claim against the government of Guatemala under CAFTA-DR.
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28-May-2019 Los Tiempos
El arbitraje de Glencore contra Bolivia
Uno de los clientes preferenciales de Appleby es la Suiza Glencore, que según los datos filtrados lleva décadas utilizando paraísos fiscales para encubrir tratos lucrativos y desviar millones de dólares.
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14-May-2019 Reuters
Poland to hold high-level talks on Prairie Mining coal projects dispute -sources
Poland’s prime minister and other government officials will meet to discuss a threat by Australia’s Prairie Mining to sue Warsaw over difficulties it faced in developing coal projects
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13-May-2019 Inequality
Mining companies use excessive legal powers to gamble with Latin American lives
In more than two-thirds of the mining-related lawsuits against governments in the region, communities have actively organizing against the mining activities.
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7-May-2019 Xinhua Net
Mining representative urges Australia to join Belt and Road Initiative
Mining representative has highlighted the importance of an ongoing trade relationship with China, saying Australia missed an "opportunity" by not signing up to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) earlier.
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2-May-2019 Mining Watch
New report exposes mining companies suing Latin American countries where communities defend land and environment
We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, and more.
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2-May-2019 Behind the Numbers
Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
Canadian investors have frequently used the ISDS system to pursue their commercial interests abroad—too often to challenge responsible government policies taken in the public interest in developing countries.
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25-Apr-2019 YubaNet
Over 200 organizations denounce multimillion dollar suit brought by US mining firm against Guatemala
The company filed the suit in December 2018 for alleged violations of the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
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24-Apr-2019 Al Jazeera
Rosia Montana: Seeds of utopia in town almost lost to gold mining
In 2015, Gabriel Resources sued Romania before of the ICSID, asking for a reported four billion dollars in damages, after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine.
