Will El Salvador be forced to pay $301 million for valuing clean water over gold?

http://equaltimes.org/will-el-salvador-be-forced-to-pay
Date Written:  2015-04-09
Publisher:  Equal Times
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17803

The Central American state of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million in damages to an Australian-Canadian mining company, OceanaGold, after the company's application for a mining license was rejected on the basis of the projected environmental damage it would cause.

Subject Headings

• Corporate Ethics
• El Salvador
• Environmental Assessment
• Gold Mining
• International Trade Agreements
• Mining/Environment
• Mining Industry