El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that ends the country's seven-year prohibition on mining for metals, despite environmental concerns and opposition from civic groups and the Roman Catholic Church.

The legislation, proposed by President Nayib Bukele, passed with a decisive 57-3 vote and is expected to be signed into law soon. It permits mining across the country except in natur