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Control the Corporations

Canadian mining companies operate around the world and dominate the sector in number and the amount of capital raised for exploration. But there are no regulations or controls on their activities to prevent them from profiting from weak protection for the environment, workers, indigenous peoples and human rights in host countries.

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Letter to Barrick regarding African Barrick Gold’s non-judicial “remedy programs” at North Mara, Tanzania

21.02.2014
Blog

Dear Mr. Harper: An Open Letter from Mexican Organizations on the Eve of North American Leaders' Summit

18.02.2014
Blog

Environmentalist and Communicator from the Siria Valley, Honduras Denounces Threats

17.02.2014
News Release

Canadian Organizations Condemn Gold Company’s Lawsuit Against Costa Rica

13.02.2014
Presentation

Evolving Standards and Expectations for Responsible Mining: A Civil Society Perspective

05.02.2014
News Release

Canadian and Chinese-Owned Mining Concessions in Ecuador Illegal – Report

04.02.2014
Blog

Imagine if Canada were Open for Justice!

30.01.2014
Blog

Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200. Go to the Hospital?

27.01.2014
Blog

Governments Spy – But Mining Companies Also Spy: A Tale of Two Whistleblowers

20.01.2014
Brief

Submission to the Government of Canada’s Review of Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy for the Canadian Extractive Sector

08.01.2014
News Release

Over One-Quarter Million People Side with Costa Rica in Imminent Battle with Canadian Company Infinito Gold

20.12.2013
News Release

First Nations and NGOs Demand Full Disclosure and Government Action on Sherritt's Toxic Coal Mine Spill

18.12.2013
News Release

African Barrick’s Confidential Compensation Agreements Questioned at Troubled Tanzania Mine

17.12.2013
News Release

Tens of Thousands Oppose Tahoe Resource’s Escobal Project in Guatemala

17.12.2013
News Release

Open Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister and Members of Parliament: Corporate Accountability and Withdrawal of Canadian Support for Gabriel Resources in Romania

04.12.2013
Blog

UN High Commissioner Responds Regarding Barrick’s Porgera Abuses

29.11.2013
Blog

Opposition Builds to First Quantum Minerals’ Copper Mine, Dams, and Land Grab in Zambia

29.11.2013
News Release

Message to Canada’s Infinito Gold: Drop your outrageous billion-dollar lawsuit against Costa Rica!

21.11.2013
News Release

Australian-Canadian Firm OceanaGold Bails Out Pacific Rim Mining: Deal means more punishment for El Salvador

20.11.2013
News Release

Spilled Coal Slurry Not Inert But Laced with Arsenic, Toxic Metals, and Carcinogenic PAHs

15.11.2013
Blog

The Federal CSR Counsellor Has Left the Building - Can we now have an effective ombudsman mechanism for the extractive sector?

01.11.2013
Blog

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hear about Canadian Government’s Role in Mining Abuses

31.10.2013
News Release

Barrick Ignores UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Recommendation Regarding Papua New Guinea Rapes

28.10.2013
Blog

(Not) Canada's Way

21.10.2013
Blog

Philippines: Marinduque ‘Pushed to the Wall’ by Barrick Gold

18.10.2013
News Release

Third Mining Company Walks Out on Canada’s Extractives Counsellor

16.10.2013
News Release

Belo Sun No! Forty-four Organizations Oppose Approval of Mining Project on Xingu River, Brazil

10.10.2013
News Release

Canadian Mining Company Infinito Gold Seeks to Extort $1 Billion from Costa Rica

10.10.2013
Blog

Revelations of Industrial Espionage Expose Underbelly of Canadian Support for Mining Companies

09.10.2013
Blog

Backgrounder: A Dozen Examples of Canadian Mining Diplomacy

08.10.2013
Blog

Of Vampires and a Zombie Mine in Transylvania

08.09.2013
Blog

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Responds to Allegations Regarding Porgera "Remedy" Framework

05.09.2013
News Release

Family of Murdered Mexican Activist Seeks Answers on Canadian Embassy's Support for Implicated Canadian Company

19.08.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Civil Society Organizations’ Response on the Zambian Government Position Regarding the Protection Order of the Chisola Dam Project in Kalumbila

27.07.2013
News Release

Canadian Complaints Office Should Investigate Destructive Large-scale Mining Project in the Ecuadorian Amazon

25.07.2013
News Release

Guatemalan Complainants Celebrate Effective Suspension of Tahoe Resources' Licence

25.07.2013
News Release

General Congress of the Ngäbe Bugle Requests Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya During Visit to Panama

19.07.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Canadian Aboriginal group will not back down in fight against Rio Tinto's IOC - Buyer beware - Warning to potential purchasers

09.07.2013
News Release

Calgary-based Infinito Gold Fails to Strong-arm Costa Rican Judiciary As Final Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court

04.07.2013
News Release

Calgary-based Infinito Gold Fails to Strong-arm Costa Rican Judiciary As Final Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court

04.07.2013

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