Are you ready to stand up for justice for mining-affected communities in the Global South? If the approval of a mine meant you would be kicked off your land, would you expect a chance to say no this project? And if it went ahead, would you expect to be compensated? If your drinking water were...
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Philippines: Marinduque ‘Pushed to the Wall’ by Barrick Gold
In the Philippines, the island province of Marinduque is known as a cautionary tale about the ravages of irresponsible mining. It took Canadian mining giant Placer Dome a couple of decades to wreak environmental destruction on major coral reefs in Calancan Bay and to severely contaminate the Mogpog...
Revelations of Industrial Espionage Expose Underbelly of Canadian Support for Mining Companies
Backgrounder: A Dozen Examples of Canadian Mining Diplomacy
Canadian Embassies have regularly gone to bat to protect the interests of Canadian mining companies in cases where communities don’t want them and/or where there have been egregious human rights and environmental abuses.
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The Bell Tolls for Free Entry in Canada: Legal Victory for Yukon First Nation Will Have Implications Across the Country
Taseko Claims “Misinformation Campaign” in Desperate Last Ditch Effort
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Of Vampires and a Zombie Mine in Transylvania
Submissions to the Federal Review Panel for Taseko's New Prosperity Gold Copper Project
New Prosperity Project Federal Review Panel – Closing Comments of MiningWatch Canada
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Responds to Allegations Regarding Porgera "Remedy" Framework
In response to appeals from MiningWatch and many other groups, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued an opinion regarding the framework of remediation initiatives developed by Barrick Gold Corporation for women who have been victims of sexual violence by...
The Africa Mining Vision: A Limited Field of View?
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Cliffs Should Stop Pointing Fingers, Check Its Corporate Ego Before Resuming Work on Ring of Fire
On Wednesday, US mining company Cliffs Natural Resources announced that it was ceasing work on the environmental assessment process for its high profile chromite project in the area of northern Ontario dubbed the “Ring of Fire”.
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Global Condemnation of Barrick’s Effort to Secure Legal Immunity from Rape Victims
For many years Papua New Guineans, with the support of MiningWatch Canada and other international organizations, have demanded that Barrick Gold acknowledge a long-standing pattern of vicious beatings, rapes and gang rapes of local indigenous women by security guards at the Porgera Joint Venture...
Canadian Ambassadors, or Ambassadors for Canadian Mining Companies?
From Mexico to Greece, we have been observing and documenting how Canadian Embassies go to bat to defend the interests of Canadian mining companies against the demands of communities and despite egregious human rights abuses.
In May, we released a report with Common Frontiers and the United...
Algonquin Communities Push for Joint Review for Matamec’s Rare Earths Project Under New Federal Environmental Assessment Rules
For the past two years MiningWatch Canada has been collaborating with Wolf Lake and Eagle Village Algonquin First Nations as they grapple with a proposed rare earths mine. Matamec Explorations Inc. is proposing the construction of a 4,200 tonne per day open pit rare earth mine in the traditional...
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Is Mine Closure in Ontario Protecting the Public?
Across Canada past mining activities have left a legacy of degraded environments and contaminated sites that were not rehabilitated by the mine operators and became public liabilities. These have included extreme cases of the privatization of profits and the socialization of costs like the Giant...