/anti-mining-protests-take-a-toll-in-perus-foreign-investment-46615/ No 1 source of global mining news and opinion Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /anti-mining-protests-take-a-toll-in-perus-foreign-investment-46615/#comment-27392 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:21:49 +0000 /?p=506955#comment-27392 the Social, economic and environmental impacts: dutch disease; considering as well that many of these projects are located in ecosystems that nourish streams and other sources of water. In Peru, Colombia, none of the towns that have had mining in their territory have seen an improvement in their quality of life. Instead of this, many have seen how the cost of living has increase, labor becomes more expensive which translates in the bankruptcy of other non-mining businesses; resources become more expensive and less available; and the many environmental effects of mining: Acid mine drainage, long term sludge disposal, loss of biodiversity. Change in the uses of land.. plus the violence it calls in these nations, where extreme left and right illegally armed groups want a share of the business, and end-up blackmailing other business: “the militarization of the regions”

]]> /anti-mining-protests-take-a-toll-in-perus-foreign-investment-46615/#comment-26354 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:19:32 +0000 /?p=506955#comment-26354 What are factors that the anti mining sectors are against of?

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