Canadian companies under criticism.Mindanao -- The bishops and administrators of six Philippine dioceses in the Mindanao region of the country have. contacted the Catholic Church in Canada with their concerns over the operations of Canadian mining companies there. Singled out for criticism are companies like TVI TVI Televisão Independente (Portuguese TV Channel) TVI Technical Vocational Institute (Albuquerque) TVI Teacher of the Visually Impaired TVI Television Interference TVI Tutored Video Instruction (Toronto Ventures Inc.), a Calgary-based company, responsible for debasing de·base tr.v. de·based, de·bas·ing, de·bas·es To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade. See Synonyms at adulterate, corrupt, degrade. [de- + base2. the environment and harassing the local population. TVI processes 1,800 tons of stones and soil daily in its open-pit gold-mining operation in Mindanao (1 ton of soil yields only 3 grams of gold!). Its procedures have destroyed forests and mountains and contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. fields and water resources (gold extraction Gold extraction or recovery from its ores may require a combination of comminution, mineral processing, hydrometallurgical, and pyrometallurgical processes to be performed on the ore. is heavily dependent on water volume for efficient outcome). Human rights concerns emanating from mining operations include the disruption of local cultural rights. Canadian companies have also been criticized for their practices in Guatemala and Honduras. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and its agency Development and Peace have intervened to motivate the companies to operate under the highest standards when abroad (files from New Freeman, Prairie Messenger, Catholic Register and CCCB CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB Central Christian College of the Bible (Missouri) CCCB Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) CCCB Child Care Choices of Boston ). Poland |
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