Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Résumé
Date indiquée: 2 Jui 2020
Lieu: Équateur
Entreprises
Llurimagua (JV between CODELCO and ENAMI) - Parent CompanyProjets
Codelco Copper Mine(s) in Ecuador (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Autorités et collectivités locales , CorruptionType de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 2 Jui 2020
Lieu: Panama
Entreprises
Minera Panamá - Subsidiary , First Quantum Minerals - Parent CompanyProjets
Cobre Panama - UnknownConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Employés , Santé personnelleType de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 2 Jui 2020
Lieu: Mexique
Entreprises
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Peñoles - SubsidiaryProjets
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Covid-19 , Santé et sécurité au travailType de source: 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...