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Mining Conflicts in Latin America
12019-10-03T08:37:14-07:00KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiativesbf0534f5d1fda18d906115c08e7036b11e814a85349271The extraction of raw materials in Latin American countries has jumped from 2400 million tonnes in 1970 to about 8300 million tonnes in 2009. This extractive boom is particularly significant for metal ores. The mining conflicts featured map presents cases of mining conflicts related to metal ores, industrial minerals and construction materials mining activities. Metal ores present the largest number of reported cases.plain2019-10-03T08:37:14-07:00KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiativesbf0534f5d1fda18d906115c08e7036b11e814a85