Mine

From Cyanide Gold Mine To Protected Historical Site

February 8, 2016 Madalina Preda, www.m.greenpeace.org Resist! Environment, Mine, Protests, Romania

By Madalina Preda for GreenPeace International - For the past 15 years, Canadian mining firm Gabriel Resources has been trying to obtain a permit to extract 300 tonnes of gold from underneath Roșia Montană, a picturesque village in western Romania, with a population of almost 4,000 people. But today, the Romanian government has added the village and its surroundings to their official nominee list for the UNESCO world heritage site. This decision comes a few weeks after Roșia Montană was declared a site of historic interest by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, and stands as a testament to the power of peaceful protest.

Navajo, Others Press EPA, Congress To Act On Uranium Mine Cleanup

February 4, 2016 Jessica Swarner, www.cronkitenews.azpbs.org Educate! Congress, EPA, Indigenous Peoples, Mine, Uranium

By Jessica Swarner for Cronkite News - WASHINGTON – Longtime Sanders resident Wayne Lynch was told in July that the water on his ranch contained dangerously high amounts of uranium, yet he is still using it. “There’s no other water source we have,” Lynch said this week. “There’s no other well that they could tap into.” Lynch said the problem extends to the Sanders community, including nearby schools, which have no choice but to use contaminated wells. “People are always getting cancer,” he said, naming his mother, an aunt and a grandmother among those who have been diagnosed with the disease.

Peru Declares State Of Emergency Over Mine Protests

October 2, 2015 Staff, www.dw.com Resist! China, Mine, Peru, Protest

By Staff of Deutsche Welle News - On Monday night local time, Peruvian police clashed with locals protesting the construction of a large copper mine, leaving three dead and 15 injured, including eight police. In response to the clashes, the Peruvian government on Tuesday issued a state of emergency in six provinces. The government order suspends the right to freedom of assembly, inviolability of the home and freedom of movement. The national police will be supported by the armed forces in maintaining the country's internal order and protecting public services, according to the state of emergency declaration.

Protest Lock-Down Continues At Maules Creek Mine Site

May 31, 2014 Front Line Action On Coal, www.frontlineaction.org Resist! Environment, Mine, Protest

Protesters at the Maules Creek coal mine construction site have maintained their blockade overnight, and the site remains in lock-down as protest action escalates over clearing in Leard State Forest during wildlife hibernation. This morning, a protester has attached himself to a truck on the main access road to the forest, blocking the road. Other activists remain in place in the forest, determined to prevent any further clearing after the body of a dead bat was yesterday discovered by one of the protesters. Leard Forest Alliance spokesperson, Helen War, said, “Winter begins tomorrow, but we have already found evidence that Whitehaven’s clearing in this forest at this time is killing wildlife. This should be all the evidence that the NSW Environment Minister needs to take action to stop this cruel and unnecessary bulldozing in Leard State Forest. “We will not give up.” Yesterday afternoon, Greenpeace Australia Pacific joined the blockade with an elaborate tree-top protest in the area threatened with clearing, which has remained in place overnight.

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