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Chile Indigenous peoples Access to water Land rights Conflict has recently caracterised the zone of Jorquera River valley and its streams where Chilean Colla communities inhabit due to the presence of Kinross' Maricunga mine; this led the community leaders to ask the National Commission on Indigenous peoples to provide protection to them ...
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Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War Hardcover - March 1, 2011 by Jody Pavilack (Author) Hardcover $105.39 6 Used from $80.00 7 New from $89.21 Paperback $47.95 7 Used from $35.85 12 New from $47.94
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In the sea of millions, the immensity of the Salinas Grandes - Guayatayoc Lagoon basin awakens the appetite of the world's mining companies. It covers an area of approximately 17,522 km2 and goes from the South of San Antonio de los Cobres, in Salta province, to the North of Abra Pampa, in Jujuy province.
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Albemarle, a North Carolina-based corporation and one of the two companies extracting lithium from the Chilean salt plain Salar de Atacama with Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM) or Chemical and...
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Mining-affected communities in South Africa are living in a social, economic and environmental crisis generated by the mining sector's drive to generate short term profits at the expense of ...
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Announcement: Mine Site Assessment Updates: The Stage 2 (on-site) audit for SQM's Salar de Atacama lithium operation in Chile has been scheduled. ERM-CVS auditors will be on site from 30 May - 3 June 2022. (View the ERM-CVS audit announcement (in English or Español) and IRMA's SQM Salar de Atacama web page to learn about the site, and find how to participate in the audit).
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In Chile's Atacama salt flats, mining consumes, contaminates and diverts scarce water resources away from local communities. Approximately 2.2 million litres of water is needed to produce one ...
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Climate: Chile has a diverse climate throughout the country. The desert areas of the north are hot and dry; a Mediterranean style climate can be found in the central region; and the southern region is cool and damp. Currency: The legal currency of Chile is the Chilean Peso (CLP). $1 = 662 CLP (January 2017). Government: Chile operates under a ...
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Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War ... Angela Vergara; Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War. Labor 1 May 2013; 10 (2): 129-130. doi: ...
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3 Includes regional, Chile and Corporate Office employees. SED investments. ... In 2019 the Damang mine began the process of ceding 1,340ha of land to the Minerals Commission for community mining. The Company also provided geological information and submitted digital cadastral maps. This process concluded in 2021 and ASM miners are currently on ...
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Lundin Mining is a diversified Canadian base metals mining company with operations and projects in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, Swedenand the United States of America, primarily producing copper, zinc, gold and nickel.
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We believe the future is increasingly clear and our strategy, portfolio, capabilities and approach to social value position us to play an important role in meeting the twin objectives of an accelerated energy transition, and continued economic development and improvement in living standards.
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Based on intensive and long-term field research and document reviews, this article compares the historic evolution of lithium mining in Chile and Argentina. We highlight national development discourses and government regulatory frameworks in both countries. We illustrate and assess the diverse perceptions and strategies of local actors. Finally, we discuss the socio-spatial materialization of ...
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Some twenty of these plants are already in operation providing desalinated water to small fishing communities, another three to the inhabitants of various municipalities and eight more to large mining companies, all but one of which are concentrated in Chile's arid North. ... Mining companies in Chile plan to increase their eight desalination ...
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The El Abra is an open-pit copper mining complex is located 47 miles north of Calama in Chile's El Loa province, Region II. Eligible Communities Calama Program Support Focus Areas Community Basic Needs Education & Training Safety, Health & Wellness (such as medical care, clean water, etc.) Environment Livelihoods & Infrastructure
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Lithium mining has come under fire in multiple areas of the world for its environmental impacts as well as labor issues and impacts on Indigenous communities. In the Atacama, locals have protested ...
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Some people living in our host communities are at risk of economic and social discrimination. These may include Indigenous people, women, children, disabled and elderly people, and victims of conflict. Working with Indigenous groups and respecting cultural heritage Our business interacts with many diverse communities around the world.
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Besides SQM, Australian-Canadian Salar Blanco is developing a joint lithium project at Maricunga with Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco. Construction is expected to begin in 2020 or early...
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Canadian Mining Interests in Chile in Play as Citizens Vote on New Constitution. 30.08.2022. Friends of MiningWatch. ... (USA) and MiningWatch Canada, it updates the guidelines for safety, respect for affected communities, and corporate accountability that must be incorporated into any tailings standards or regulations.
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The world's demand for copper could be catastrophic for communities and environments. Published: April 7, 2021 4.16pm EDT Updated: April 12, 2021 1.25am EDT. The benefits of switching to clean ...
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MiningWatch Canada On the morning of September 17th, the First Environmental Court of Antofagasta, Chile, ruled that Barrick Gold's controversial Pascua Lama project be "definitively and totally closed." The court also determined that the company will have to pay a fine of 7 billion Chilean pesos, just over $12 million Canadian.
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Mining profits rise during the pandemic, while communities are left behind Analysis August 18, 2022updated 26 Jul 2022 2:42pm Mining profits rise during the pandemic, while communities are left behind While mining companies made extraordinary profits during the pandemic, communities local to the mines faced additional challenges, a report finds.
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Negative effects of lithium mining on indigenous communities in Chile & Argentina exposed by Washington Post investigation; includes company statements Content type: Article Date: 9 Jan 2017; China: Graphite production for lithium-ion batteries causes severe environmental pollution; complaints by villagers are suppressed Content type: Article
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This abrupt urban transition has deprived indigenous communities of traditional sources of income and increased their levels of poverty. Perhaps the most dramatic example of this occurred in 2003, when the Chilean government relocated all 10,465 inhabitants of the Chuquicamata copper mining camp to the poor desert town of Calama.
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Mining and community engagement in Chile by Steve Fisher Development and presention seminar at the Alberto Hurtado University Community Works was very pleased to work with InnovacionAL ( ) to develop and present a seminar at the Alberto Hurtado University on 5 th March 2015. The theme was Mining and Community Engagement.
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At Kinross Chile, plans for community consultations are ongoing as the community relations teams observe COVID-19 restrictions and maintain health and safety best practices. Over the years, Kinross has maintained a strong relationship with stakeholders surrounding our Chilean operations including consultations with six indigenous communities.
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Apr 26, 2022Lithium Mining Is Leaving Chile's Indigenous Communities High and Dry (Literally) Español As the metal fuels the clean tech boom, companies race to mine the Atacama Region. At stake: fragile...
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's government is set to push forward its tax reform plans, including a bill on mining royalties, by the end of this month, a top cabinet member to President Gabriel Boric ...
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Using data from the Chilean census, company sustainability reports, remote sensing, and media archives, we investigate the temporal dynamics of water availability, labor influx, employment, social activism, and corporate social responsibility. ... Our interdependency framework and analyses show that Li-mining and local communities are closely ...
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The mining and metals industry plays a crucial role in social and technological progress. As the world accelerates towards achieving net zero carbon emissions, our customers are delivering the raw materials that enable the transition to electromobility, renewable energy, digitization and smart infrastructure.And as the global population continues to grow, our customers are mining for the key ...
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it explores cultural constructions of the miner as the quintessential working man and examines ways in which images of mining and masculinity were variably appropriated, deployed, and contested by north american bosses, chilean labor leaders, miners themselves, and women of the mining community particular attention is paid to ways in which .
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The dramatic story of Chile&'s coal miners in the mid-twentieth century has never before been told. In Mining for the Nation, Jody Pavilack shows how this significant working-class sector became a stronghold of support for the Communist Party as it embraced cross-class alliances aimed at defeating fascism, promoting national development, and deepening Chilean democracy.
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Chilean desert communities fight corporations for water mined for lithium The Atacama Desert (Jessica Ng) October 28, 2020 By Caroline Catherman Medill Reports Chile's seemingly barren Salar de Atacama hides a thriving ecosystem in shallow salt lakes that teem with microorganisms, green grasses, and flamingos, among the diverse lifeforms.
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The fine has been imposed by Chile's Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) on Minera Escondida (MEL), which operates the Escondida copper porphyry deposit in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. BHP operates the mine with a 57.5% stake. Other joint venture partners include Rio Tinto (30%) and Japan-based JECO Corp (12.5%).
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Mining for the Nation The Politics of Chile's Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War Jody Pavilack "The research in Mining for the Nation is highly original. It fills a gap in Chilean labor and mining history, both in English and in Spanish.
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A coupled framework is developed to analyze Li-mining and community interdependency. ... Economic implications of long distance commuting in the Chilean mining industry. Res. Pol., 36 (3) (2011), pp. 196-203, 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.03.004. Article Download PDF View Record in Scopus Google Scholar.
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Map of the Pascua-Lama Mining Project. Source: Earthsound on Wikimedia Commons. On September 17, 2020, the First Environmental Court ordered the definitive closure of the Pascua mining project and fined Barrick over $9.7 million. The company faced 33 total charges, including contaminating the Estrecho River without informing nearby communities ...
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The Navidad silver-lead-zinc mine project is located in the central region, inhabited by the Mapuche-Tehuelche communities. Just months ago Patagonia Gold secured ownership of Mina Angela, a mid-size mine closed in 1990. They propose to reopen the mine on a large scale.
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Aug 18, 2022The Aurizona case is one of the case studies covered in a report from May 2022 that explores the power imbalance between mining companies and local communities during the pandemic across several Latin American countries - Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.
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Oct 22, 2020Quillagua, in the north of the region, has been the worst-affected of the local indigenous communities. Thirty of its 150 habitants had tested positive by 17 July and 85 people had to self-isolate. Mining companies working in the area are accused of bringing the virus to the territory.
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