Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically
A Milwaukee Company’s Toxic Legacy
In 2006, the Salvadoran government decided to revoke the failed Milwaukee-based ...
... been producing gold since 1904 under different modes of ownership. The latest venture was led by Milwaukee based company Commerce Group which exploited the mine on and off between 1985 and 2006. The company ...
... El Salvador participated in a demonstration outside the Commerce Group’s corporate offices in Milwaukee, where they spilled orange salad dressing, symbolizing the mine’s acid drainage. The company, says ...
... Labor Rights Forum
Latin America Solidarity Committee, Milwaukee
Latin America Working Group
Madison Arcatao Sister City Project
MH-VT Guatemala Accompaniment Project
Midwest Coalition Against Lethal ...
... Sebastian mine. In 1977, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based mining company called Commerce Group closed its operations there. In the years since, bedrock exposed during mining caused acid drainage, which has ...
... to local communities.
In 1968, Commerce group based out of Milwaukee acquired San Sebastian Mine where they began to produce gold but by the late '90s stopped active mining. It was during this period ...
... in Vancouver, and Milwaukee-based Commerce Group. These companies claim that El Salvador, by refusing to grant them mining permits given their miserable environmental records, is violating their rights, ...
... of La Unión where Milwaukee-based Commerce Group operated a gold mine off and on starting in 1968 until the government revoked its license in 2006 on environmental grounds; (2) communities in the department ...
... to put restrictions on the burgeoning, foreign-dominated mining industry.
In response, Pacific Rim and Commerce Group, a Milwaukee based mining company, filed multi-million dollar lawsuits against the ...
¿De dónde sacó el dinero Commerce Group?
English Version
Lo último que se supo fue que la compañía minera de Milwaukee, Estados Unidos: Commerce Group, estaba esforzándose para conseguir los US $ 150,000 ...
Where Did Commerce Group Get the Money?
Versión en Español
The last anyone had heard was that the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group was struggling to come up with the $150,000 to pay for ...
... of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, proposed mining site of the Milwaukee-based company the Commerce Group.
Below is a translation of the updates posted on the MARN website.
Here is the ...
... Tyee: Mining Abuses the ‘Defining Fight of Our Lives’: Barlow
Milwaukee Labor Press: U.S. Trade Deals Mine Greed not Gold
NACLA: Pacific Rim Ruling Threatens El Salvador’s National Sovereignty ...
... Internacional de Arreglos de Diferencias Relativas a la Inversión (CIADI) en el caso de Pacific Rim, el Commerce Group, con su sede en Milwaukee, aparentemente está latente. Para todos los efectos, parece ...
... Settlement Disputes (ICSID) in the Pacific Rim suit, the Milwaukee-based Commerce Group case apparently lies dormant. For all intents and purposes it seems that the case is over, but the company has two ...
... el Noviembre pasado, la empresa de Milwaukee Commerce Group está demandando al estado salvadoreño por $100 millones por haberles negado el permiso para la explotación de una mina que ya ha causado daños ...
El Salvador Mining Update
Mitch Teich
LAKE EFFECT | APR 18, 2012
Jan Morrill is with the International Allies Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador. Steve Watrous lives in Milwaukee, and works ...
... is now encountering provisions of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) that effectively elevate corporations over elected governments.
As I reported last November, the Milwaukee-based firm ...
International tribunal rejects Milwaukee mining company’s $100 million claim against El Salvador
International community continues to demand reparations for environmental damage
Washington, DC: ...
... basada en la ciudad de Milwaukee, que tiene una mina de oro ubicada en el cantón de San Sebastián, municipio de Santa Rosa de Lima, departamento de La Unión. En los últimos cuarenta años, las actividades ...