Mines
and Quarries
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)
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)
