On April 13, the Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced that OSMRE will be reinitiating formal programmatic consultation with
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In a Historic Decision to Ban All Metals Mining, El Salvador Appears to Have Closed the Door on OceanaGold
By Jillian Kirn on
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On March 29, 2017, legislators in El Salvador passed a much-anticipated bill prohibiting all mining for gold and other metals. The results of the vote were unanimous and cross-party: 69…
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President Trump Signs Resolutions Eliminating Regulatory Requirements
By Bernadette M. Rappold & Sonali Dohale on
Last week, President Donald J. Trump signed two congressional resolutions overturning rules that impact the energy extraction and mining industries. On Tuesday, February 14, President Trump signed a resolution eliminating …
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