MiningWatch Canada is joining Indigenous and environmental groups in calling for a moratorium on mining development in Ontario's "Ring of Fire" until protection plans for the region’s sensitive wetlands and watersheds are in place and access to clean water, housing, and health services have...

Indigenous, Environmental Groups Call for Moratorium on Mining Development in Ring of Fire

URGENT ACTION: Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala
Speaking out against the Escobal mine has always been dangerous, but we are in the midst of a spike in violence. Six members of the peaceful resistance movement recently suffered attacks and death threats. In January, community leader Julio González was shot and wounded at his home. ...

Overwhelming Vote in Southern Ecuador Sends Strong Message to Mining Companies
- On February 7th, over 80% of the population of the southern Ecuador canton of Cuenca voted “no” to industrial mining in the watersheds of 5 rivers ...

Canadian Organizations Call on Canada to Halt Mining of the Seabed
Canadian mining companies are at the forefront of pushing to gain access to the deep seabed as the new frontier in mining. Canadian company Nautilus gained the first permit to mine hydrothermal vents on the deep seabed off Papua New Guinea before going bankrupt in 2019. Vancouver-based...

195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine
TO:
María Consuelo Porras, Attorney General, Office of the Public Prosecutor, Guatemala
Augusto Jordán Rodas Hernández, Ombudsman, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Guatemala
Sean McAleer, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Guatemala, Pan American Silver...

Mining injustice: Exploration, decision making, community voices in Ring of Fire
In response to Ontario’s mad dash to develop the controversial Ring of Fire (ROF) mineral cache in Ontario’s Far North, First Nation communities across Ontario’s Far North have ...

Employment Opportunity - Network Coordinator: COVID-19/Mining Monitoring Group
- Position: COVID-19/Mining Network Coordinator
- Term: Temporary (10 months) full-time contract from February 8, 2021 to December 8, 2021
- Organization ...

Open Letter to the Communities and Organizations of Chubut, Argentina
To:
The Union of Assemblies of the Communities of Chubut
The Indigenous Mapuche-Techuelche communities of the province of Chubut
The citizens and organizations of the province,
We, the undersigned organizations,...

TAKE ACTION: Demand that INV Metals make the Environmental Impact Assessment for Loma Larga, Public!
In November, 2020, organizations from Southern Ecuador requested that Canadian company INV Metals give them access to the Environmental Impact Assessment for its Loma Larga project, as well as other technical studies. The company has failed to respond, denying these organizations...

Open Letter to INV Metals in Support of Ecuadorian Organizations Requesting Environmental Impact Study for Loma Larga Project
[take action to support these organizations by sending your own letter]
Dec. 4, 2020
Ms. Candace MacGibbon,
President,
INV...

Massive Mobilizations Ignite Argentinian Patagonia In Face of Lobby Pressure to Subvert Anti-Mining Legislation
On November 24th, 2020, the Provincial Legislature of Chubut, Argentina initiated debate on two important laws for the future of mining in the...

URGENT ACTION: Call on Canadian Banks to Stop Funding Conflict at the Los Filos mine
The Ejido of Carrizalillo shut down Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine in Guerrero, Mexico on September 3, after two months of failed attempts at dialogue to address racist and discriminatory treatment, as well as breaches of their social cooperation agreement. This is the longest-running strike...

Investor Alert: Equinox Threatens Community, Inexplicably Prolonging Suspension at Los Filos Mine in Mexico
Today, Equinox Gold reached the 83-day mark in the shut-down of the Los Filos mine in Guerrero, Mexico. This has not occurred since 2007, when the community of Carrizalillo learned that Goldcorp (since merged to form part of US firm Newmont) had illegally purchased collective lands. The...
Video of virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"
On November 17, 2020, one year after the international conference "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?", we convened a report-back, update, and conversation with MiningWatch staff and...
Audio recording of the virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"
On November 17, 2020, one year after the international conference "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?", we convened a report-back, update, and conversation with MiningWatch staff and...

What Do Mine Tailings Dam Disasters Teach Us?
Brazilian mining activists invited Judith Marshall to participate in their November 5 commemorations of the anniversary of the tailings dam collapse at the Vale/BHP iron mine in Mariana, Brazil. Marshall was a founding member of the International Network of People Affected by Vale (AV)...