MiningWatch Canada expresses our solidarity and support for the parliamentary petition to the government of South Africa presented by Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) on mining accountability, capital flight, and community abandonment, and for the relief requested therein.

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The Carney government has doubled down on its extractivist agenda with the announcement of a second round of designated “projects of national importance.” The list includes several mining projects: the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick, the Nouveau Monde graphite project in Québec...

The Québec meilleure mine coalition is pleased to present the program for its second conference, with the theme "Critical and Strategic Minerals Policy: What Voices/Pathways for the Environment and Communities." Workshops and panels will be on the agenda to sharpen our knowledge and discuss the...

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...

As the Government of Canada considers its priorities and budget we are writing to remind you of the commitment made to Canadians by then trade minister François-Philippe Champagne when he announced the creation of the CORE in 2018. The CORE is a critical component of the Government of Canada’s...

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...

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) calling for an immediate halt to Barrick Mining...

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...

We are writing to encourage you not to give in to pressure from Falco Resources, which, in a recent media statement, publicly criticized you and the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP) regarding the delays in processing the file following the environmental...

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...

In 2018, the Panamanian Supreme Court of Justice found that the original concession contract for First Quantum Minerals' Cobre Panama mine violated five articles of the Panamanian Constitution and was therefore null and void. The primary cause of the violations was the lack of a required bidding...

[W]e trust that the much-needed change you have promised will mean a reset on Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador. At a minimum, no agreement should move forward without meaningful consultation and the free, prior and informed consent of affected Indigenous Peoples. There must also be...