Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Özet
Date Reported: 2 Haz 2020
Lokasyon: Ekvador
Şirketler
Llurimagua (JV between CODELCO and ENAMI) - Parent CompanyProjeler
Codelco Copper Mine(s) in Ecuador (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Topluluk: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Yerel makamlar ve devlet makamları , CorruptionSource type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 2 Haz 2020
Lokasyon: Panama
Şirketler
Minera Panamá - Subsidiary , First Quantum Minerals - Parent CompanyProjeler
Cobre Panama - UnknownEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
İşçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Çalışanlar , Personal HealthSource type: NGO
Özet
Date Reported: 2 Haz 2020
Lokasyon: Meksika
Şirketler
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Peñoles - SubsidiaryProjeler
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown) - UnknownEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
İşçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Lokasyon bilinmiyor - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Covid-19 , Occupational Health & SafetySource type: 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...