While we understand that Bill C-2 is being presented as the implementation of a negotiated tripartite agreement, and the fulfilment of Chapter 12 of the Umbrella Final Agreement, it is our position that it should be carefully scrutinized with respect to its conformity to the UFA as well as to...
LEAT Responds to CAO Bulyanhulu Report
In a response to the report released on October 29th, 2002, by the World Bank's Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman on the Bulyanhulu mine, the Tanzanian Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) states that it is deeply saddened by the report as it contains material inaccuracies, factual errors...
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"Looking Beneath the Surface" Report Released on Real Costs of Mining
On October 29, MiningWatch Canada and the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development launched our long-awaited report on public subsidies to the mining industry in Canada. The full report, summary and an abridged version in French (covering Québec) are available for download as PDF files under...
Letter to the Editor of the National Post, November 4, 2002 — full text
Dear Sirs:
The article Mining for Trouble: Tanzanian Gold Fields, Nov 2/02, written by Brian Hutchinson, gravely misrepresents the position of MiningWatch Canada in regard to the forced relocation of small scale miners in Tanzania in the first weeks of August 1996. we want to set the record straight...
Report of the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development - Background
MINING
Mining has a long history in the North beginning with Martin Frobisher's fraudulent schemes to find gold in Nunavut, through to the Klondike gold rush, the uranium used in the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, and more recently, Canada's first diamond mine.
Who's in charge
- The federal...
Backgrounder: Asia Pacific Resources in Thailand
Asia Pacific Resources Ltd. (APR) is a Canadian based company that holds 90% of a potash concession in northeastern Thailand. APR plans to mine this concession through underground mining. There has been no large-scale underground mining in Thailand to date, necessitating an amendment to Thailand's...
Inco in New Caledonia: Protests Erupt Over Shut Down of Prony and Goro
Prony, Inco's Troubled New Concession: In July of this year, Inco was suddenly granted a six-year exploration permit (PRA) for a massive concession called Prony, which is adjacent to Inco's current Goro site in southern New Caledonia. Inco says this new concession could provide an additional 180...
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Images from the August 30, 2002 demonstration in Noumea
Demonstration protesting INCO: On August 30, 2002 over 3,000 people gathered in downtown Noumea in New Caledonia. 10,000 signatures were also received for the petition against the government and INCO practices. These numbers show how unified the native population and unions are against the...
Declaration by the Kanak Indigenous People
(translated from the original French)
Solemn declaration of August 23rd 2002 by the Kanak Indigenous People affirming their right on space and the natural heritage of Kanaky (New Caledonia)
We, the Kanak people, declare belonging to this land for more than several thousand of years,
We...
Kanak Appeal for Aid and International Solidarity
Conseil national des droits du peuple autochtone C.N.D.P.A.
(National Council for the Rights of the Indigenous People)
Ladies & Gentlemen, Citizens of Planet Earth,
Allow us to introduce ourselves: Kanaky-New Caledonia, is an Archipelago of the South Pacific of 19,103 km2, inhabited by a...
Activist Workshop on Canadian Mining Coming Soon: October 4-6
On October 4-6 of this year, MiningWatch will hold an Activist Workshop on Canadian Mining in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This will be a fantastic opportunity to strengthen the network of activists around mining issues in Canada. The workshop will focus on the full costs of mining, perverse subsidies given...
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"Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America: Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility" Conference Held At York University
On May 9-11, Latin American and Canadian social and environmental activists, economists, and academics came together at York University in Toronto to set out a series of challenges for the mining industry and governments alike on the eve of a major industry conference.
"We wanted to provide an...
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North American Indigenous Mining Summit held at Mole Lake, Wisconsin, June 12-15
June 12-15 saw MiningWatch Canada staff participating in the North American Indigenous Mining Summit in Mole Lake, Wisconsin. The Summit brought together indigenous and non-indigenous people from across North America to share information and experience. Some of the most heavily-affected communities...
Report on Regional Mining Workshop and WSSD Prep Com IV, Bali, Indonesia, May 24-June 3
MiningWatch Canada staff also attended a regional workshop for 74 members of mining-affected communities and NGOs from the Asia-pacific region. The workshop was held in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on May 24-26. It preceded "Prep Com IV," the last preparatory conference for the World Summit on Sustainable...
Update on the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
The new Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMERs) finally became law on June 19, 2002 with their publication in Part II of the Canada Gazette.
On July 28, 2001 the new (MMERs) were published in the Canada Gazette, Part I and a public consultation period was open until September 26, 2001. During...
Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America: Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility
Report from an international conference organised by CERLAC (the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University) and MiningWatch Canada, held in Toronto on May 9-11, 2002. This report was prepared by Tim Clarke and published as part of the CERLAC Colloquia Papers Series.