Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
要約
Date Reported: 2020年6月2日
場所: エクアドル
企業
Llurimagua (JV between CODELCO and ENAMI) - Parent Companyプロジェクト
Codelco Copper Mine(s) in Ecuador (Mine Name Unknown) - Unknown関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
コミュニティ: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
地方自治体及び州政府 , Corruption情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2020年6月2日
場所: パナマ
企業
First Quantum Minerals - Parent Company , Minera Panamá - Subsidiaryプロジェクト
Cobre Panama - Unknown関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
従業員 , Personal Health情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2020年6月2日
場所: メキシコ
企業
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Peñoles - Subsidiaryプロジェクト
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown) - Unknown関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
Covid-19 , Occupational Health & Safety情報源のタイプ: 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...