El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president
- El Salvador's Congress has approved a law to lift the seven-year-old ban on mining for metals, with a vote of 57 to 3.
- The new law allows mining except in nature reserves and sensitive watersheds, and bans toxic mercury in gold mining.
- Private companies must enter a joint venture with the government to open mines under the new law.
- Environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Church oppose the mining resumption, citing potential ecosystem damage, while President Nayib Bukele called the ban 'absurd'.
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