With an estimated 25% of known nickel reserves, the tiny South Pacific island of New Caledonia is a priority area for Canadian mining corporations Inco and Falconbridge. Both companies are currently engaged in major expansions, and both projects are characterized by social, political and...

Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch flew to Jakarta in June at the request of our partner organization JATAM to testify as an expert witness before the constitutional court of Indonesia. At issue was the constitutionality of a Government Decree granting 13 mining companies an exemption from a...

In a landmark report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) calls on the Canadian government to ensure "socially and environmentally responsible conduct by Canadian companies."

In their 14th report, the Committee members state that they are:...

The Profits of Extermination looks at the links between foreign corporations and human rights violations in Colombia. Where corporations have sought access to Colombia's resources - oil, coal, gold, emeralds - they have used paramilitary violence, forced displacement, massacres, and disappearance as...

The North American Indigenous Peoples' Mining Summit brought Indigenous Peoples together from throughout North America to share their stories about how the mining industry has affected their communities and to discuss strategies and solutions.

Technical experts were on hand to lead panel...

Response from Peter McCaslin to Mr. Forbes West, representing Asia Pacific Resources, and his 2 August 2005 letter in response to McCaslin's recent articles published here and by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.

5 August 2005

To: Forbes West
Investor Relations Advisor
The...

A Mineral-Efficient Future

If we are serious about developing sustainable environmental and economic practices, it is important that we adopt a mineral policy that promotes increased mineral efficiency. A mineral efficiency policy would reduce the energy and water requirements and the environmental...

This document by Lara McGuire and Jonquille Pak, edited by Susan Isaac, provides information for land owners on legislation and regulations related to prospecting, staking a mining claim, and undertaking assessment work on private property as set out in the Ontario Mining Act and enabling...

A report by Asad Ismi on the involvement of Canadian mining companies in the pillaging of Ghana's natural resources – as the Ghanaian government prepares to open forest reserves to mining. This document has raised the ire of some in the industry; see Mineweb's outraged editorial, which...

On November 3-4, MiningWatch Canada took part in a two day workshop on the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER) sponsored by Environment Canada.

The meeting had two purposes: to update stakeholders on recent activities related to the MMER over the last two years, and to share...

In October, MiningWatch's Catherine Coumans visited communities affected by TVI Pacific's mine in the municipality of Siocon, on the Zamboanga peninsula of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Less than a week after her return to Canada, a delegation from Siocon arrived in Ottawa for a week...

URGENT ACTION ALERT

This urgent action expires December 16, 2004.

Contents of this message:

1. Urgent information on Kashipur, India
2. Taking immediate action, what you can do about it
3. Sample letter to Alcan officers and Orissa Chief Minister
4. Background info

1) Urgent

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From October 1 to 9 MiningWatch's Catherine Coumans attended the Third International Women in Mining Conference in Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh, India. She made a brief presentation based on the research she has coordinated for MiningWatch Canada on women, mining and health in collaboration with...

Law firm Pape & Salter has published a "plainspeak" analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s November 18th, 2004 decision in the Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia case. It is reproduced here with permission.

The Canary Research Institute on Mining, Environment and Health has recently published two documents. Both are available by request from the MiningWatch/Canary Institute office or they can be downloaded from the "publications" page.

"Protecting Your Water Rights: A Guide to Environmental...

Attawapiskat First Nation Member Mike Koostachin submitted the following statement to the Federal Regulators on January 21, 2004. It concerns the impact of a possible diamond mine in the James Bay lowlands.

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