Extractive Industries
Extractive Sectors and the
Poor (pdf) / Pulished by Oxfam
America
Developing countries that rely heavily on oil or mineral exports
suffer higher rates of poverty and child mortality, and spend more on
their militaries than similar countries with more diverse economies,
according to a study released today by Oxfam America.
"Extractive Sectors and the Poor" comes on the eve of
a new yearlong World Bank review of its oil, gas, and mining investments.
The report contests the conventional economic wisdom that developing
nations prosper by extracting and exporting their oil and mineral wealth.
(Oct 2001)
Hands
Off! Why International Financial Institutions Must Stop Drilling, Piping
and Mining / Published by Friends
of the Earth International
This report examines the costs and benefits various extractive
industries around the globe. Among the various case studies are two
which highlight the mining industry in the Philippines.
Dirty
Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment (pdf) / Published
by Earthworks
and Oxfam America
Dirty Metals: Mining Communities and the Environment details the
massive pollution, huge open pits, devastating community health effects,
worker dangers and, in many cases, human rights abuses that have become
hallmarks of gold and metals mining in countries such as Peru, Indonesia,
Ghana and in parts of the United States. (2004)
Digging to Development? A Historical
Look at Mining and Development (pdf) / Published by Oxfam
America
Large scale mining has had serious environmental and social impacts
on poor communities around the world. Yet international financial institutions
such as the World Bank continue to promote mining in developing countries.
They justify this in part on the apparent success rich countries like
the US, Canada and Australia have had with mining. This report finds
that mining was actually much less important in these countries than
the World Bank claims and argues that these countries should not be
used as models for developing countries today. (September 2003)
Breaking
promises, Making profits - Mining in the Philippines (pdf) / Published
by Christian
Aid and PIPLinks
As the Philippines government renews its commitment to promoting
foreign investment in mining, Breaking Promises, Making Profits exposes
the true costs of mining and calls on politicians and the international
community to take responsibility for the ethical operation of both foreign
and national mining companies.
The report examines the environmental legacy of the Mankayan copper
and gold mine, owned by Philippine company Lepanto, which has caused
pollution damage across four provinces. (December 2004)
Case
Study: Marinduque, the Philippines / Recently Published by Oxfam
Australia
The Marinduque Case Report investigates community complaints with
the Marcopper mine located on Marinduque Island, the Philippines. When
Marcopper started mining four decades ago, local communities could not
have foreseen the devastation it would bring. For more than 20 years,
Marcopper dumped millions of tonnes of toxic mine waste into Marinduque's
seas and polluted its rivers. As a result, local people have lost their
health, livelihoods and some have even lost their lives. (March 2005)
