El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president
El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that environmental groups had opposed.
El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Congress approved Monday a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals. The law, proposed by President Nayib Bukele and passed on a 57 to 3 vote, would allow mining everywhere ...
El Salvador mining ban rescinded
El Salvador’s Parliament voted to overturn a ban on metals mining, a win for controversial-but-popular President Nayib Bukele but a defeat for environmental groups. The country banned mining in 2017, a move Bukele called “absurd”: His party holds 57 out of 60 seats and overturned the ban easily.
El Salvador Congress Votes To End Ban On Metal Mining
El Salvador's Congress on Monday approved a bill promoted by President Nayib Bukele to roll back a ban on the mining of gold and other metals, dismaying environmentalists.
El Salvador president proposes bill to overturn metals mining ban
El Salvador's Congress will begin debating a bill on Saturday from President Nayib Bukele that would overturn a 2017 national ban on metals mining, the head of the president's bloc in Congress said on Friday.
El Salvador withdraws 'world's first ban on metal mining' through gold veins
El Salvador in Central America, which was named the world's first metal mining ban seven years ago and praised by conservationists, has decided to allow
El Salvador Lifts Metals Mining Ban: Economic Growth vs. Environmental Concerns
El Salvador's government has overturned a national ban on metals mining, previously enacted in 2017. The decision, supported by President Nayib Bukele, aims to stimulate economic growth despite environmental opposition.
El Salvador lawmakers overturn national mining ban
El Salvador's legislature overturned a national ban on metals mining on Monday, backing a key item on President Nayib Bukele's agenda for boosting economic growth amid criticism from environmental groups.
El Salvador's Congress approves end to ban on metals mining
El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that would lift the country's seven-year-old ban on mining for metals.
El Salvador lawmakers vote to overturn mining ban in win for president
Nayib Bukele has called the ban absurd but environmental groups opposed the move. El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all forms of metals mining in 2017
El Salvador Eyes $3 Trillion Gold Mine Beneath Its Soil
According to President Nayib Bukele, the nation sits atop a deposit of gold that could radically transform the small ...
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Mexico And El Salvador Ponder Different Mining Stances
Meanwhile, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is pushing to go in the opposite direction. In 2017, his predecessor ...