Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 2 Jun 2020
Ubicación: Ecuador
Empresas
Llurimagua (JV between CODELCO and ENAMI) - Parent CompanyProyectos
Codelco Copper Mine(s) in Ecuador (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Comunidad: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Autoridades locales y estatales , CorruptionTipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 2 Jun 2020
Ubicación: Panamá
Empresas
Minera Panama - Subsidiary , First Quantum Minerals - Parent CompanyProyectos
Cobre Panama - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Empleados , Personal HealthTipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 2 Jun 2020
Ubicación: México
Empresas
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Peñoles - SubsidiaryProyectos
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Covid-19 , Occupational Health & SafetyTipo de fuente: NGO
This report provides in-depth cases to exemplify the four trends highlighted in the international open letter “Global Solidarity with Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Workers at risk from Mining Pandemic Profiteers”. These trends pose an immediate threat to the health and safety of communities and organizations that have been struggling to defend public health and their environments against the destruction and devastation of mining extractivism for decades, as well as to the safety of workers in the mining sector.
The key trends:
- Mining companies are ignoring the real threats of the pandemic and continuing to operate, using any means available
- Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to shut down legitimate protests and promote the mining sector
- Mining companies are using the pandemic as an opportunity to hide their dirty track records and present themselves as public-minded saviours
- Mining companies and governments are using the crisis to secure regulatory change that favours the industry at the expense of people and planet...