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Residents Vote Against Colombian Gold Mine

6 Aug 2013- 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent IBAGUÉ, Colombia Local residents in the area near La Colosa, the largest open-pit gold project in the northern Andes, last week overwhelmingly voted against the mine. In the poll on July 28, 99 percent of those who cast a ballot rejected the project in
Thousands of Peruvians Still Protesting $5 Billion Conga Gold, Copper Mine

18 Jun 2013- 10:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LIMA, Peru Thousands of Peruvians farmers marched in protest on June 17 against US mining giant Newmont’s nearly $5 billion USD Conga project in Cajamarca department. The protesters fear they will lose their water sources to the mine’s operations, and
Coquimbo Authorities Say Desalination Is the “Only Solution” to Deal With Drought

Authorities in Chile’s Coquimbo region are turning to seawater desalination to counter the effects of drought in the region.
Peruvian Protesters Vandalize Yanacocha Mine
Spain’s Abengoa Launches Pilot Desal Project in Antofagasta

Spanish multinational Abengoa S.A. last week announced the launch of a pilot desalination plant project in Chile’s Antofagasta province.
Peruvian Anti-Mining Lawyers Prepare for Newmont Human Rights Suit
Peruvian Water Authority Denies Mine Expansion

11 Feb 2013- 09:08 by Local Press Report LIMA World War 4 Report Peru's Yanacocha mining company—that seeking to develop the controversial Conga project in Cajamarca region—is appealing a ruling of the National Water Authority (ANA) barring expansion of its existing mine into new lands within
Chile’s SQM to Reactivate $665 Million Chemical Mining in Antofagasta

Chilean chemical company Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) is reactivating its a $665 million USD project in the Antofagasta region.

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