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.

Wachay!

We would like to thank you for providing us the opportunity to share a few...

The Tailings Spill Disaster of 1996

On March 24, 1996 a massive tailings spill at Placer Dome's Marcopper Mining Corporation (Marcopper) mine in the Philippines filled the 26-kilometre-long Boac River on the island of Marinduque with 3-4 million tons of metal enriched and acid generating...

We, members of the Africa Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES) from Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia in collaboration with our northern partners from Canada and the United Kingdom meeting in Accra Ghana...

The Canary Research Institute on Mining, Environment, and Health was incorporated on November 3, 2003, to promote the advancement of education and the reduction of poverty in Canada and elsewhere relating to and resulting from the impacts of mineral development on the physical, cultural...

OPEN LETTER TO:
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA
THE MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES
THE PRESIDENT OF SKYE RESOURCES/COMPAÑÍA GUATEMALTECA DE NÍQUEL, S.A.

Dear Sirs:

We, the elected and appointed representatives of twenty Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities located in the township of El Estor...

 

Roch Lanthier, long-time activist and defender of the environment and people’s health, died January 29 of a heart attack. MiningWatch Canada joins his family and friends in expressing our gratitude for the life of Roch Lanthier and our deep regret at his passing. ...

Africa’s Blessing/Africa’s Curse provides a very accessible overview of resource extraction in Africa, with chapters devoted to gold mining, diamonds and the oil industry. Numerous case studies give a human face to the social, cultural and environmental impacts of mining and the...

This book is based on a collaboration of indigenous leaders, social activists and scholars. It explores indigenous peoples’ struggles to maintain control of their lives and lands in the face of increasing and accelerated encroachment of globalized industrial and commercial “development.”...

The One Pute Jaya and Bahumotefe community lands in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, have been staked for PT Inco's expanded contract of work area. The One Pute Jaya and Bahumotefe citizens reject PT Inco's plans to mine on their land.

Despite the citizens' protests, PT Inco has begun exploring and...

Indonesian environmentalist Arianto Sangaji is in Vancouver to launch a national campaign highlighting the role of Inco in his country.

Mr. Sangaji, the director of Yayasan Tanah Merdeka (Free Earth Foundation), is highlighting the threatened displacement of both indigenous people and migrants...