ISDS case map: Mining

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in free trade and investment agreements protect mining projects that often wreak environmental havoc, creating sacrificial zones where entire ecosystems collapse and communities suffer the most. Most ISDS disputes have involved environmental issues.

• Barrick Gold vs. Papua New Guinea

• Churchill Mining vs. Indonesia

• Copper Mesa vs. Ecuador

• Crystallex vs. Venezuela

• Eco Oro vs. Colombia

• Foresti vs. South Africa

• Gabriel Resources vs. Romania

• Infinito Gold vs. Costa Rica

• Kappes, Cassidy & Associates vs. Guatemala

• Khan Resources Inc. vs. Mongolia

• Kingsgate vs. Thailand

• Newmont Mining vs. Indonesia

• Pac Rim vs. El Salvador

• Renco v. Peru

• Tethyan Copper vs. Pakistan