What will Kamloops' future look like if the proposed Ajax open pit mine goes ahead as currently proposed? Should a huge mining operation be allowed inside the city limits and so close to schools and neighborhoods? This video has been produced by local citizens deeply concerned about the proposed...

This past spring, the federal government, through its omnibus ‘budget’ bill C-38, introduced an entirely new, and spectacularly diminished, environmental assessment law for Canada. So far the government has failed to engage experts, or the public, on fixing the key regulations under the new law.

Yesterday the federal review panel examining the New Prosperity Gold Copper Mine Project issued a notice to the proponent, Taseko Mines, that the company's environmental impact statement (EIS) is deficient in fifty different ways. This determination follows a scathing review of an earlier draft in...

Taseko Mines Ltd. is currently attempting to get federal environmental assessment authorization for its highly controversial New Prosperity Gold-Copper Project. The project is a revamping of a previously rejected proposal. MiningWatch Canada reviewed comments on the company's environmental impact...

In Ontario, planning is slowly advancing for what outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty referred to as ‘the most significant mining development in Canada in a century’ and what provincial Conservative Leader Tim Hudak referred to as Ontario’s “oil sands”.

Dubbed the “Ring of Fire” by junior...

At last a government has shown real leadership and commitment to health justice by ending support for asbestos mining in Quebec.

Shortly after being elected, the new Parti Québécois government led by Pauline Marois cancelled the $58-million loan to restart operations at the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos...

Despite sweeping changes to key parts of the Fisheries Act in last spring’s omnibus budget bill, Section 36, which deals with the release of “deleterious” substances, remained intact. That means the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER) which fall under Section 36 have also remained as they...

Two queries submitted to the Canadian government with support from MiningWatch in recent months have turned up further evidence that Canadian aid spending is at odds with communities’ interests.

On April 12, 2012, the Interprovincial Association for the Defence of Environmental Rights, a...

When Goldcorp flew four MPs and a Senator on a company jet to Guatemala at the end of August, it was lobbying both Canadian and Guatemalan legislators. MiningWatch broke the story to the Guatemalan press before the junket touched down in Guatemala City leading to strong national media coverage in...

People living in countries with weak governance and fragile legal systems have limited access to justice when faced with human rights and environmental abuses by multinational corporations. In 2008, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations looking at the issue...

On October 12, 2012, members of Concerned Citizens of Sefwi and affected farmers in the area of Chirano Gold Mines in Ghana held a news conference in Accra to warn that they would reoccupy their lands that the mining company had taken over if they were not paid overdue compensation – with accrued...

Members of Neskantaga First Nation speak of their love for their land and the Attawapiskat River - an area threatened by extensive mining developments in the so-called "Ring of Fire" in northern Ontario. With visually stunning images taken and compiled by Allan Lissner.

Living next to a mine can really be the pits. Even in established and historic mining areas, local communities are being challenged with new bigger-than-ever projects and mine expansions that threaten their health, quality of life and properties. Three such communities that have been making news...

Statement by Insa Schultenkotter, resident of Keno City, Yukon: "Now the government has released another report dealing with mining and adverse impacts on a community... Is it another white-wash? I would say so. Gov. admits they don't have much knowledge about the effect of mining in or so close to...

Join the call for support to denounce violence and Excellon's support for destruction of peaceful protest camp in Durango, Mexico.

Consistent public criticism of the industry for environmental and social issues at home and abroad have pushed the industry into taking a pro-active response to these concerns. Much of this effort is wrapped up in the language of “corporate social responsibility”. Our experience shows that while...