On September 16, thousands of people in the canton of Cuenca in Southern Ecuador’s Azuay Province took to the streets in one of the biggest marches in the recent history of Ecuador, to demand an end to industrial mining in the high altitude paramo de Kimsakocha, a crucial water source for the...

The following letter was sent to Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, by MiningWatch Canada.

RE: Canada’s commitment to a strong Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)

Dear Minister Sidhu,

As the Government of Canada considers its priorities and budget we are writing to...

A Delegation of Xinka Women will visit Eastern Canada in September 2025  #PuebloXinkaDijoNo 

After nearly seven years in a court-ordered consultation process, the Xinka Indigenous People of Guatemala have denied consent for the restart of Canadian Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine in southern...

Joint blog by MiningWatch Canada and Earthworks.

People living near the world's sixth-largest gold mine are taking legal action to protect their communities, ecosystems, and their rights.

Local communities and civil society organizations have filed two constitutional protection actions (amparos)...

Environmental defenders in Southern Ecuador filed an injunction (medida cautelar) against Canadian-owned Loma Larga project and announced several actions protesting the arbitrary decision of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (“MAATE”) to grant an environmental licence for...

The work to secure a just future for people and the planet is multigenerational. Making a gift in your will of any size can provide the resources to strengthen and carry on that work. That is why MiningWatch is launching a legacy giving program, to mark the end of 25th anniversary fundraising...

Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, including the Building Canada Act, is already a fait accompli. The Conservatives are supporting the Liberal minority to ram it through the House of Commons with no meaningful deliberation and no significant amendments. It is slated to pass third reading by...

We are Canadian, Indigenous, and international organizations who advocate for ocean protection. We are writing to you today about the threat of deep-sea mining, and the urgent need for Canada to increase its leadership on the issue and strengthen its commitment to responsible ocean governance. We...

The following letter was sent to Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Parks, by five civil society organizations, including MiningWatch Canada.

Subject: Request not to give in to pressure from Falco Resources and reject the Horne 5 mining project

Dear Minister,

We...

The following blog was written by Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada and Paulina Personius of Earthworks.

Today 101 organizations are calling on First Quantum Minerals to close its Cobre Panama mine, drop the international arbitration against Panama, and implement environmental remediation at the...

The following letter was sent to First Quantum Minerals' Chief Executive Officer and Chairman by 101 International civil society organizations and coalitions, including MiningWatch Canada.

Tristan Pascall, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert Harding, Chairman 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 

1133 Melville...

The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Marc Carney by 29 Canadian civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including MiningWatch Canada.

June 6, 2025

The Right Honourable Mark Carney
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

cc: The...

 

Date: Thursday, June 5, 

Time: 4 PM Colombia / 2 PM PST / 5  PM EST 

This webinar will take place on Zoom with simultaneous Spanish-English interpretation. 

Host - Sebastián Abad- AIDA

Panelists: 

• Natalia Rincón - Committee for the Defence of Water and Páramo of Santurbán
• José López - Committee for the...

We, the undersigned Canadian civil society organizations, wish to express our deep solidarity with the Xinka people and their struggle for self-determination concerning the future of the Escobal mine, owned by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver. The Indigenous Xinka people have denied consent for...

On May 19, the Ecuadorian Chamber of Mining reported that a "free, prior and informed consultation process" had been approved for Canadian Dundee Precious Metals’ project. The Chamber says that “100% of the inhabitants of [Indigenous community of San Pedro de Escaleras] approved the advancement of...

Ontario’s Conservative government can’t seem to miss an opportunity to try to solve a problem by doing the wrong thing. In the face of US President Trump’s tariffs, the Ford government is pushing through an omnibus bill that would create “Special Economic Zones” for mining and infrastructure...