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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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Communities, environmental groups voice concerns about controversial consultation process approval for Canadian mining project in Ecuador

23.05.2025
News Release

Xinka Women Tour Vancouver and Victoria to Urge Respect for Indigenous Self-Determination in Guatemala

20.05.2025
News Release

UN experts denounce threats and stigmatization against defenders of water and the Santurbán páramo; demand protection for their work

20.05.2025
Blog

Equinox Gold: Doing the right thing at Los Filos?

15.05.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement: The Xinka People do not consent to the “El Escobal” Mining Project

08.05.2025
News Release

Xinka People Say “No” to the Escobal Mine

08.05.2025
News Release

Unable to Access Barrick Shareholder Meeting, Mining-Impacted Communities Speak Out

06.05.2025
Blog

On the Day of Barrick Gold’s Annual General Meeting, Communities in the Dominican Republic Reaffirm their Call for Relocation

06.05.2025
Blog

Update on Barrick's Days in Court in Canada

05.05.2025
Publication

Reflections on Legal Proceedings in Canada against Barrick Gold Regarding the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

05.05.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement from the Community of Diaguita Patay Co on Barrick's 'El Alto' exploration project

05.05.2025
News Release

Indigenous Communities in Chile Say “No” to Pascua Lama 2.0

05.05.2025
Blog

A global movement speaks out in support of environmental defenders in Penco, Chile

30.04.2025
Blog

Webinar - The fight for permanent closure: Panamanians address renewed efforts to reopen a Canadian copper mine

23.04.2025
Blog

Eyes on Argentina: Verdict Expected Today in Case Against Chubut Environmental Defenders

22.04.2025
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. company to seek U.S. approval for deep sea mining — 'a violation of international law,' says United Nations

01.04.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Financial Desperation Is Driving TMC’s Reckless Push To Bypass International Law

28.03.2025
Blog

Panamanian Organizations Sound Alarm About Reopening First Quantum's Cobre Panama Mine

25.03.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Declaration of “Panama is worth more without mining” regarding the attempt to reopen the Cobre Panama mine

21.03.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Abject failure: Canada’s would-be human rights watchdog leaves Bangladeshi garment workers languishing in poverty

14.03.2025
Blog

Threats Against the Community of Carrizalillo, Guerrero and Call for Respectful Negotiations

13.03.2025
Blog

Alert: Violence Against Peaceful Anti-Mining Resistance in Azuay, Ecuador

13.03.2025
Blog

Canadian Unions Express Deep Concern About Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement

12.03.2025
News Release

Colombia's Declaration of Temporary Reserve Area in Santurbán Páramo a Victory for Defence of Water

11.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian mining companies guilty of violating rights of nature

07.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News

The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry

06.03.2025
Blog

Carrizalillo denounces death threats and reiterates call for respectful negotiations with Equinox Gold as company leadership makes surprise visit

03.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Outraged by Toronto mining convention, demonstrators disrupt opening day proceedings

03.03.2025
Publication

Mine Security - Crossing Boundaries, Abusing Rights

28.02.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Despite Regional Opposition, a Canadian Company Pursues Mining in Santander

19.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Ejido de Carrizalillo Announces it Will Halt Operations at Equinox's Los Filos Mine in Mexico

19.02.2025
Blog

Concern about Criminalization of Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Bolívar, Ecuador

14.02.2025
Blog

Support for the Protection of the Santurbán Páramo and the Physical Integrity and Safety of the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Páramo

11.02.2025
Blog

Letter of Concern About the Rising Stigmatization Against the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurban Páramo in Colombia

11.02.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada

11.02.2025
Blog

Open Letter from the Ejido of Carrizalillo in Mexico to Equinox Gold

10.02.2025
News Release

Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Threatens to Worsen Human Rights Abuses Facing Indigenous Nations and Communities

07.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Amazonian Women Respond to Announcement of a Free Trade Agreement Between Ecuador and Canada

06.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador's Free Trade Agreement with Canada is a Threat to Sovereignty and Indigenous Territories

05.02.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Five prominent water defenders in El Salvador refuse to attend court hearing denouncing lack of judicial independence that poses a threat to their lives

04.02.2025
Publication

Analysis on Bill 63 in Quebec, An Act to Amend the Mining Act and other provisions

22.01.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Sidelined in Mali, Barrick turns Tanzania mine into ‘armed encampment’

13.01.2025
Guest Publication

Giant Evictions, Giant Profits

19.12.2024
Blog

“We already held a consultation. We said no." Communities denounce attempt by Ecuadorian government and Canadian mining company to conduct another controversial consultation

18.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Experts say First Quantum’s Cobre Panama tailings dam is at very serious and imminent risk of failure due to internal erosion and a lack of proper monitoring

12.12.2024
News Release

100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador

12.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News

'Are they going to walk away?': Charges 10 years after B.C.'s Mount Polley disaster

11.12.2024
Publication

25 Years: A Bedrock for Mining Justice

11.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News

10 years after B.C.’s worst mining waste disaster, company faces charges

10.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Talks on a business and human right treaty need Canada’s support

10.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Mining company charged 10 years after spilling toxic waste into B.C. waters

10.12.2024
Guest Publication

ELAW: Preliminary Comments on Panama Cobre find Dam at Serious Risks of Failure

09.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News

On sidelines of UN nature summit in Colombia, Canadian mining companies pillage

06.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador condemns decision to retry ADES Santa Marta Five Water Defenders and Bukele’s attempts to overturn mining ban

03.12.2024
Blog

Criminalization in Ecuador: Charged for Speaking out Against Canadian Mining

21.11.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement from the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala Condemning Interference in Court-Ordered Consultation on Escobal Mine by San Rafael las Flores Municipality and Pan American Silver

20.11.2024
Blog

Continued Militarization and Criminalization of Environmental Defenders to Advance Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador

11.11.2024
News Release

Santa Marta Community and International Allies Call on Appeals Court to Reaffirm the Innocence of the Five Salvadoran Water Defenders

01.11.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

No Consent = No project: LPFN Asserts Anicinabe Rights and Titles During BAPE Hearings on Falco's Horne 5 Mining Project

31.10.2024
Publication

Submission to Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise Review Committee

31.10.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Manifesto for Water and Life by the Committee for the Defence of Water and the Santurbán Paramo

23.10.2024
News Release

121 International Organizations Call on Canada to Withdraw All Support for First Quantum Minerals One Year After Historic Anti-Mining Protests in Panama

23.10.2024
News Release

International Allies Applaud the Acquittal of the Five Unjustly Jailed Water Defenders in El Salvador

18.10.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold fights human rights accusations in Ontario court

16.10.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick fights to dismiss Tanzanian abuse allegations from Canadian court

16.10.2024
News Release

Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania

15.10.2024
Brief

Reported Violence against Indigenous Kuria by Mine Police at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine during 2023-2024

15.10.2024
News Release

Why We Say No: Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring message of concern to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations

26.09.2024
Publication

Canada's Mining Footprint in Ecuador: A brief on the impacts of mining as trade negotiations advance

25.09.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

“Free the Santa Marta Five” International Speaking Tour Will Feature Events in Canada, USA, and Germany, Sept. 23 – Oct. 7

23.09.2024
News Release

Porgera is Burning, Where is Barrick?

17.09.2024
News Release

Communities in the Dominican Republic Call on Government for Immediate Relocation away from Gold Mine

11.09.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Yukon gold mine disaster sparks fears of soaring taxpayer bill

06.09.2024
Blog

Guest Blog | Osisko ‘incubates’ a mine disaster in Yukon

23.08.2024
Blog

25 Years: A Bedrock for Mining Justice

19.08.2024
MiningWatch in the News

A decade after disastrous breach, Mount Polley mine tailings dam could get even bigger

31.07.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Glencore's coal takeover draws ire of MPs

29.07.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Public Statement: Human Rights Organizations in Ecuador Denounce Police Takeover of Indigenous Headquarters

23.07.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Sale of B.C. coal mines to Glencore was bad deal for Canada: report

22.07.2024
Publication

A Bad Deal for Canada: Mining giant Glencore’s Canadian expansion threatens climate and communities

22.07.2024
News Release

Organizations Ask Canadian Embassy to Uphold Human Rights Commitments in Panama

17.07.2024
Brief

Putting Voices at Risk: Brief to UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on Canada's support for mining over human rights

28.06.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

White River First Nation Statement on Victoria Gold Mine Situation – Calls for Public Inquiry

27.06.2024
News Release

Ecuadorian Indigenous Organizations Deny Agreement with Solaris Resources Ahead of AGM

21.06.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Canada’s Updated Critical Minerals List ‘Effectively Meaningless’, Critics Warn

17.06.2024
Publication

Annual Report 2023: Key Highlights

05.06.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Yukon government considers subsidies for mining companies to reduce emissions

04.06.2024
News Release

Energy transition or more militarism? US defence subsidies for a graphite mine near Montreal provokes anger in civil society

03.06.2024
Blog

NGOs Express Concern over Canada’s Engagement at the International Seabed Authority

29.05.2024
MiningWatch in the News

As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms’ rights record faces scrutiny

15.05.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Mayan Q'eqchi' Ancestral Council and human rights defenders speak out about possible reactivation of Fénix mine in Guatemala

14.05.2024
Blog

Take Action: Call on Minister Ng to Withdraw Commercial Support to First Quantum Minerals

14.05.2024
Blog

Barrick Gold’s Lack of Transparency Disappoints but Doesn’t Surprise

13.05.2024
Blog

Support the Petition to #CancelOceanaGold in the Philippines

09.05.2024
News Release

Report Reveals Serious Human Rights Violations as First Quantum Enters Annual Shareholder Meeting

09.05.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Communiqué from the Panama is Worth More without Mining Movement following the May 5, 2024 election results

08.05.2024
Publication

Human Rights Violations, Abuses, and Incidents Registered During the Protests Against the Mining Contract in Panama (October-November 2023)

06.05.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick accused of using virtual AGM format to misrepresent or ignore shareholder concerns

30.04.2024
News Release

Human Rights Organizations Sound Alarm as Canada-Ecuador Trade Talks Get Underway

30.04.2024
Blog

Report launch: Criminalization of Protestors During First Quantum Protests in Panama

26.04.2024
Blog

25 Years Building Mining Justice

24.04.2024
Blog

Open Letter to Canadian Ambassador Stephen Potter Re: Solaris Conflict in Ecuador

17.04.2024
Blog

What it Takes: An All-Ages Colouring Book

15.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Salvadoran Court Decried for Letting Case Against 'Santa Marta 5' Continue

10.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

International Community Condemns April 10 Ruling in El Salvador’s Court on the Santa Marta Five Water Defenders

10.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News

In Ecuador, government sees mining as the future. But communities are divided

07.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous Ecuadorians warn against Canada-Ecuador free trade pact

06.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

The Metals Company Under Huge Financial Pressure

02.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

A Canadian Corporation is Poisoning My Argentinian Community

02.04.2024
Blog

Attempt to Advance Environmental Consultation for Atico’s Mine in Ecuador Brings Renewed Criminalization, Police Repression, and Militarization

26.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Canada is Assessed at the UN, Receiving Recommendations to Curb Abuse by its Companies and Financial Institutions

25.03.2024
Blog

Webinar | What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador?

20.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Indigenous and Campesino Organizations in Ecuador Denounce Criminalization in Mining-Affected Area

19.03.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Gold mine with history of contaminating B.C. creek fined $276K

15.03.2024
Blog

Webinar: Life in the Triangle of Death - Dominican communities talk mining

14.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Transnational mining company Red Eagle’s loss in Santurbán could mean a victory if Colombia pulls out of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system

13.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question

13.03.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous organization levels complaint against Canadian mining company

05.03.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Trade deal could put corporate profits over people, say groups

04.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Shuar Arutam People Speak Out Against Solaris Resources' Cooperation Agreement

04.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Letter to Canadian Ambassador to Ecuador: Ecuadorian Organizations Denounce Efforts to Promote More Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC

04.03.2024
News Release

President of Ecuador in Toronto to Attract Mining Investment Amid Human Rights Concerns

01.03.2024
Publication

Solaris Resources: Request to Investigate Failure to Disclose Material Information

29.02.2024
News Release

Complaint by Ecuadorian Indigenous Nation Asks British Columbia Securities Commission to Investigate Solaris Resources

29.02.2024
Blog

Canada Turns Its Back on Mining Tragedy in Turkey

23.02.2024
News Release

Over 100 International Organizations Denounce Belo Sun’s Efforts to Criminalize Brazilian Land Defenders

16.02.2024
Blog

MiningWatch’s Viviana Herrera Testifies Before Canada’s International Trade Committee on a Possible Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement

14.02.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Human-rights groups decry rising trend of corporate SLAPP lawsuits

13.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador's Constitutional Court Upholds Suspension of Mining in Kimsakocha

09.02.2024
Blog

Canada Joins Peru’s President in Mining Push

07.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Peru: Plan Unidos and the Boluarte Administration’s Insistence on Expanding Mining

20.01.2024
Blog

Global Allies Call for Charges to be Dropped Against 5 Salvadoran Water Defenders

11.01.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

New Report from Leading Research and Civil Society Organizations Reveals New Information on the Arrests of Water Defenders and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador under the Bukele Administration

11.01.2024
Guest Publication

State of Deception

11.01.2024
MiningWatch in the News

As Canada vies for UN Human Rights Council seat, some Indigenous leaders from the Amazon raise red flags

30.12.2023
MiningWatch in the News

From Ontario to Panama, Indigenous communities are rising up to resist Canada’s mining industry

20.12.2023
Blog

Review of "Canadian corporate identity: economic diplomacy, mining and racism around the Escobal mine in Guatemala"

20.12.2023
Blog

The Fight to Close First Quantum Minerals Canadian Mine in Panama

18.12.2023
News Release

Forced Evictions at Barrick’s North Mara Gold Mine: Report details gross violations of human rights in Tanzania

12.12.2023
Publication

Evicted for Gold Profits: Indigenous Kuria forced off land in expansion of Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

12.12.2023
News Release

Indigenous Organization Opposes Sale of Controversial Warintza Mining Project in Ecuadorian Amazon

30.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

The Shuar Arutam People Reiterate Opposition to the Warintza Project After Announced Advanced Exploration

23.11.2023
News Release

Launch of the First Citizen's Guide on the Impacts of Mining

21.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

While The Metals Company construct their own reality, commercial deep sea mining is a long way off

15.11.2023
Guest Publication

Review of the Environmental Impact Study for a New Facility for Co-Disposal of Tailings and Waste Rock at the Barrick Gold Pueblo Viejo Mine, Dominican Republic

15.11.2023
News Release

Communities Demand Accountability for Mining Injustices in the Dominican Republic

15.11.2023
Blog

More than a Hundred Organizations Demand Justice for Assassination of Xinka Leader Noé Gómez Barrera

10.11.2023
News Release

Media Advisory: Community Protest Against Mine Expansion in the Dominican Republic

10.11.2023
Blog

People Power and Pushback: First Quantum’s Stock Price Plummets Amidst Massive Protests in Panama

01.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Long Point First Nation Hosts a Day to Affirm its Sovereignty over its Traditional Territory - KAKINWAWIGAK NIDAKINAN

17.10.2023
Brief

Going Upstream: The impact of industrial mining on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

15.10.2023
News Release

Baru Gold faces Legal Defeat, Permit Revocation, and Rejection by the Youth of Sangihe Island in Indonesia

22.09.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Challenging Mining Corporations at the International Level

12.09.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Many Manitoba parks are open to mining. Now an industry group wants to ‘suspend all protected areas’

09.09.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Mining companies are abusing a little-known loophole to avoid cleanup

08.09.2023
News Release

Barrick’s Major Mine Expansion in the Dominican Republic Brings Extreme and Unreported Risks, says Safety Expert

06.09.2023
Blog

Ecuadorian Court Suspends Dundee Precious Metals' Operations

06.09.2023
Publication

Contemporary Forms of Slavery and the Canadian Mining Industry

06.09.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Amazon Watch Launches Report "Unmasking Canada: Rights Violations Across Latin America"

01.09.2023
Publication

Stop ISDS: Report of the International Mission to Colombia

24.08.2023
News Release

International Mission Urges Colombia to Withdraw from 'ISDS' System of Corporate Abuse and Impunity

15.08.2023
Blog

With Little Transparency from Barrick, Affected Communities Hire Independent Expert to Review Pueblo Viejo Expansion Plans

14.08.2023
Blog

Violence Surrounds Canadian Mining Projects in Ecuador

04.08.2023
News Release

Argentine communities present 71,000 signatures to Buenos Aires court, demanding an investigation into Barrick Gold’s mining disaster

31.07.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Ontario minister was privately urged to fix ‘high-risk gap’ to avoid mining disaster

24.07.2023
MiningWatch in the News

The oceans are rich in critical minerals. But will miners be allowed to get them?

14.07.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement by ENTRE on Expert Visit to Review Barrick's Plans for Expansion in the Dominican Republic

10.07.2023
News Release

Canada Declares it will not Support Proposals to Mine the Deep Seabed until Robust Regulations are in Place

10.07.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

New Report Takes a Critical Look at Critical Minerals

29.06.2023
News Release

As Solaris Shareholders Meet, Indigenous Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon Reaffirm their Opposition to the Warintza Mine

23.06.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Community slams company for the poisoning of their river multiple times: ‘Spilled toxic chemicals into the water’

20.06.2023
Blog

As EITI Celebrates its 20th Anniversary, Communities in the Dominican Republic Still Demand Transparency

14.06.2023
Blog

Canada’s bid for UN Human Rights Council marred by allegations of inaction on corporate abuse

12.06.2023
Blog

Letter to Minister Joly: Canada Must Join the Call for a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining

09.06.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Petition Filed Against Canada at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

08.06.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body

07.06.2023
Blog

Canada’s Unconditional Support for Mining Puts Environment Defenders at Risk – REMA Spokesperson

05.06.2023
News Release

Did Canada Fail to Protect a Human Rights Defender Assassinated for His Opposition to a Canadian Mine in Mexico?

05.06.2023
Blog

José Luis Abarca in Ottawa to Announce Groundbreaking Legal Complaint Against Canada

05.06.2023
News Release

Communities Demand Transparency in the Approval of Barrick Gold's Dominican Republic Mine Expansion

05.06.2023
Publication

Petition Against Canada for Violations of the Right to Life and Other Rights of Mariano Abarca

05.06.2023
News Release

The Dirty Dozen: 12 cases that undermine B.C.’s claim to be a world-class mining jurisdiction

25.05.2023
Blog

Webinar: Canada Closed its Doors to Justice for Mariano Abarca - What's next?

24.05.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

International Mission to Colombia to Share Ways to Stop Abusive Corporate Claims

23.05.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Neskantaga Chief Christopher Moonias Issues Response to Premier Doug Ford's Statement that He Will Move Forward with Mining the Ring of Fire Despite Indigenous Opposition

16.05.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Campaigners push corporations to divest in deep sea mining, as major shipping company Maersk pulls investment

15.05.2023
Blog

Communities Call for Respect, Barrick Responds with Aggression

11.05.2023
News Release

Pan American Silver Acquires More Toxic Assets with Yamana Merger

10.05.2023
News Release

The Metals Company Loses Second Major Investor as Maersk Divests

09.05.2023
News Release

Mobile Billboard Brings Community Voices to Barrick Gold Shareholders

02.05.2023
News Release

Conflict, Environmental Harm and Human Rights Abuse Allegations – What Barrick Shareholders Need to Know

02.05.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Gold miner faces global protests as it rekindles a mine with a violent legacy

01.05.2023
News Release

Arbitrary Arrests of Water Defenders in El Salvador Puts at Risk Peace Accord

25.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous leaders, conservation charity not huge fans of Mining Act changes

17.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Surging Demand for Critical Minerals Drives Fears of Unjust Transition

11.04.2023
News Release

Rhetoric vs Record: Communities Call out Barrick for Falling Short on Human Rights

11.04.2023
News Release

Canadian Diplomats Prioritize Mining at the Expense of Human Rights, Legal Experts Tell the UN

05.04.2023
Publication

Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders Abroad

04.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News

BREAKING: Federal Budget Pours Tens of Billions Into Clean Economy

28.03.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining expedition in the Pacific Ocean

26.03.2023
Blog

Sangihe Islanders Win Another Important Legal Victory Against Canada’s Baru Gold’s Plans to Mine on the Small Island

21.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Then & Now: Technology and the changing hazards in mining

13.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Environmental activists have their (quick) say at PDAC

07.03.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Over 220 organizations call on Colombian government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to withdraw from international investment treaties that enable million-dollar corporate claims

07.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

UN ‘High Seas Treaty’ good news for oceans, but finer details not yet clear

06.03.2023
Blog

State-sanctioned Violence in Peru and the Role of Canadian Mining

06.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Ontario's bid to shorten time needed to build mines about making regulation more 'effective': George Pirie

06.03.2023
News Release

Activists Disrupt the Flow of the World’s Largest Mining Convention to Say ‘Water is Life!’

06.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Updates to the Mining Act look to boost mining activity in the north

05.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

'Lithium rush' boosts sales of mineral claims in N.S.

05.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Global mining giants are flocking to Manitoba. Here’s what that means for the province

03.03.2023
News Release

Proposed Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Poses Unacceptable Risk, NGOs Warn

03.03.2023
Publication

Submission Regarding a Possible Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement

02.03.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement: a new attack on communities, Indigenous peoples, and the environment

01.03.2023
News Release

77 Global and National Human Rights and Environmental Groups in Six Countries Expose OceanaGold as an Irresponsible Mining Company and Oppose its Expansion

01.03.2023
Blog

Letter to Barrick Gold: Ongoing Concerns About Forced Evictions

27.02.2023
Blog

Recording - "Lithium mining in Mexico: Public interest or transnational extractivism?"

27.02.2023
Publication

Canada’s Mining Dominance and Failure to Protect Environmental and Human Rights Abroad

23.02.2023
Publication

Summary: Lithium Mining in Mexico - Public interest or transnational extractivism?

23.02.2023
News Release

Bloom Lake: Federal Government Urged To Not Rush Any Decision and Demand an Alternative to Save Lakes from Becoming Mine Waste Dumps

21.02.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Canadian companies linked to allegations of human rights abuse abroad including killings, torture and forced labour – new reports, testimony

14.02.2023
Blog

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

10.02.2023
News Release

Canada Misses Opportunity to Join Global Leaders in Calling for a Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

09.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Leaked Video Shows Sediment Release in Deep-Sea Mining Test

09.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

‘Imminent threat’: plans to mine the bottom of the ocean raise concerns as Canada announces moratorium

09.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

2 workers dead after incident at Vancouver company's gold mine in Ghana

07.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Scientists alarmed by video of deep sea mining company spewing waste into the ocean

06.02.2023
Blog

Catherine Coumans Testifies Before Standing Committee on International Trade

06.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

CBC News: Protect the Oceans, Stop Deep Sea Mining

04.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Demonstration over deep sea mining

04.02.2023
News Release

Demonstrators Call on Canada to Commit to Real Ocean Protection and Put the Brakes on Deep-Sea Mining

04.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Canada under pressure to ban deep-sea mining as global ocean summit starts in Vancouver

03.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Trudeau government’s support for Peruvian coup regime all about Canadian mining companies

01.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Prospectors bullish on critical-minerals exploration in B.C.

29.01.2023
Blog

Letter to Barrick Gold: Forced Evictions and Related Human Rights Abuses Ongoing at North Mara Gold Mine

27.01.2023
News Release

End of the Road for Justice in Canada: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Family of Murdered Mexican Environment Defender

23.01.2023
News Release

Mining claims: Elected officials in Abitibi join the national movement to change the law

23.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Undercover videos expose deep-sea mining companies’ ‘blatant disregard’ for environment

20.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

International deep seabed mining kicks off under “secrecy agreement”

17.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

'Smoke and mirrors': Northern miners call for more support for critical minerals

17.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Despite Indigenous resistance, Mexico authorizes mining concessions in protected areas

16.01.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Institute for Policy Studies calls on Salvadoran government to release from prison leading Water Defenders arrested on January 11

13.01.2023
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Situation at the Caribou Mine requires immediate response from Premier Higgs, and legislative hearings into contaminated site management in New Brunswick

12.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Watch: Footage alleges Vancouver company leaked mining waste into sea

10.01.2023
News Release

Undercover Video and Scientist Testimonies Show Deep Sea Mining Tests Tainted by Pollution and Flawed Monitoring

10.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian company ‘misleading’ its investors in bid to build Brazil’s biggest open-pit gold mine in the Amazon, activists say

04.01.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian officials ignored their obligation to support activist detained in 2017 over mining dispute in Peru: report

27.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous nations in the Amazon urge Canada to strengthen mining rules

15.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Advocates at biodiversity conference push back against plan to expedite approvals for critical minerals mines

14.12.2022
News Release

Canadian gold miner Belo Sun accused of misleading investors

14.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Faster Push for Critical Minerals Threatens Environment, Indigenous Rights

12.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canada Program Co-Lead Jamie Kneen on CBC's The National and the World at Six

12.12.2022
Publication

The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining Human Rights and Environment Defenders to Support Canadian Mining

11.12.2022
News Release

Report Finds that Canada's Policies on Human Rights and Environment Defenders are Effectively Meaningless

11.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

A battery-powered green future? Canada has a strategy for that

09.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Ottawa's Critical Minerals Strategy: Mixed Reactions on the North Shore

09.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canada seeks to shore up critical minerals supply chain as geopolitical tensions rise

09.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Ottawa's critical mineral strategy calls for faster project approvals

09.12.2022
Blog

Will Canadian Mining Destroy the Amazon?

08.12.2022
Blog

Stopping Deep Sea Mining: A unique opportunity to avoid an ocean catastrophe

08.12.2022
Blog

Water contamination at Barrick’s Veladero mine threatens health and human rights

02.12.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Canadian Companies Can Continue to Profit from Modern Slavery

29.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canada's top five federal contaminated sites to cost taxpayers billions to clean up

27.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

'Barrick is responsible for the violence': New lawsuit filed in Ontario about troubled Tanzania mine

23.11.2022
News Release

Barrick Slapped with Third Lawsuit on Same Human Rights Abuses at Tanzanian Mine: ‘Business as Usual’? 

23.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold’s ongoing chapter in Canadian mining history

22.11.2022
News Release

Mining Claims: the Urgent Need for a Moratorium

21.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold under fire by UN for toxic spills from Veladero mine in Argentina

17.11.2022
News Release

UN Calls Out Polluting Argentine Mine

16.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

A new mine could position Quebec as a lithium leader, but its rocky past worries locals

15.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. company watching closely as opposition grows to deep-sea mining

10.11.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

COP27: Local communities must not pay the price as the world scrambles to extract transition minerals

01.11.2022
Publication

Comments on Proposed Federal Approval Conditions for the Marathon Palladium Mine

27.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Climate changed: Mining industry digs into alternative methods as risks rise

20.10.2022
Blog

Urgent Letter to Barrick Gold: Halt Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine

18.10.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

COP27: Over 200 organisations call on UNFCCC Secretariat & State parties to put human rights at the centre of climate action

12.10.2022
News Release

Barrick in Charge: Ongoing Killings of Local Kuria by Mine Police and Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine

11.10.2022
Publication

“He was murdered”: Violence against Kuria High after Barrick Takeover of Mine

11.10.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Mining Accountability Conference Asserts “We Can’t Mine our Way out of Climate Change”

07.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Independent Study Confirming Serious Risks with Loma Larga: Coverage in the Financial Post

07.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Why doesn’t B.C. have mining regulations that Brazil, Ecuador and China already have?

05.10.2022
News Release

A Ticking Time Bomb: Independent Review Reveals Serious Risks at Proposed Loma Larga Mine

29.09.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

New Modelling Predicts Deep Sea Mining by Tonga and The Metals Company to Pollute Hawaii and Kiribati Waters

28.09.2022
News Release

OECD Faults Canada Over Handling of Complaint Related to Malaysian Political Family’s Real Estate Group

26.09.2022
Blog

The Past and Present of Mining – Project Censored Radio with Jamie Kneen

20.09.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Mining claims: Movement expands to 9 RCMs representing 142 municipalities

19.09.2022
Publication

Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy – A Response to the Department of Natural Resources Discussion Paper

15.09.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian EV Battery Industry Could Hit $48B Per Year

15.09.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian-owned mining company and executives found guilty of involuntary homicide after Burkina Faso flood disaster

15.09.2022
News Release

South Africa Tailings Tragedy Shows Need for Stronger Regulation and Effective Enforcement

12.09.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Facing down governments and industry, this First Nation makes a promise: There’ll be no development in the Ring of Fire without its consent

12.09.2022
Blog

A Robust Movement Against Caldas Gold in Marmato, Colombia

12.09.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Pressure is on to start mining the deep sea. Is it worth it?

04.09.2022
Blog

Chileans Go to the Polls to Vote on Historic Eco-Constitution

01.09.2022
Blog

Canadian Mining Interests in Chile in Play as Citizens Vote on New Constitution

30.08.2022
MiningWatch in the News

A tiny fraction of the high seas are protected. Why a UN treaty is needed now more than ever

26.08.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Unprecedented Boom in Mining Claims Around Mont Tremblant and Southern Quebec: Call for Moratorium

18.08.2022
News Release

The Metals Company: From Riches to Rags… to Penny Stocks?

16.08.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Guatemalan Mine Consultation Enters New Phase

12.08.2022
Blog

Greenwashing at the World’s Biggest Mining Convention

05.08.2022
MiningWatch in the News

How the energy transition was used as justification to continue mining during the pandemic

04.08.2022
MiningWatch in the News

U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of deadly Brazil mine collapse and flood

22.07.2022
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. has a growing mine waste problem. The risks could be catastrophic.

14.07.2022
Blog

Key Victory for Water Defenders in Southern Ecuador Against Canadian Mining

14.07.2022
News Release

New Analysis Confirms High Risk, Threats Posed by B.C.'s Booming Mining Sector

14.07.2022
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

04.07.2022
Publication

Coalition Against the Mining Pandemic - Africa Synthesis Report: People in Lockdown, Extractives in Business

27.06.2022
Publication

Coalition Against the Mining Pandemic - Europe Regional Synthesis Report

27.06.2022
Publication

Coalition Against the Mining Pandemic - North America Regional Synthesis Report

27.06.2022
Publication

Asia Pacific: Mining and Pandemic Regional Report

27.06.2022
Blog

Barrick Gold Corp.’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine: A Legacy of Ignoring Human and Environmental Rights Abuses

27.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Exporting ‘reconciliation’

23.06.2022
Blog

"Why We Mobilize" — Statement by Acción Ecológica as Mining-Affected Communities Join National Strike

22.06.2022
News Release

Justice Delayed - Thirty Villagers Win Decades-Old Case Against Canadian Gold Mine in Philippines

21.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. mining company recovers final two bodies of eight workers killed in Burkina Faso flood

20.06.2022
News Release

Batteries and Polluted Water: Citizens Begin Independent Environmental Monitoring of NMG-Pallinghurst Project

16.06.2022
News Release

Baru Gold Ignores Court Order, Putting Lives of Indonesians at Risk

15.06.2022
News Release

Canada Pushes More Mining During PDAC 2022, Even as Indigenous Leaders are Detained in Ecuador

14.06.2022
Blog

Don’t be Fooled by Greenwashing. We Can’t Mine our Way Out of the Climate Crisis!

14.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick facing new allegations of contamination near Veladero mine in Argentina

13.06.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Community Groups Resisting Mining from the Philippines to the High Arctic Block Entrance to World’s Biggest Mining Convention in Toronto

13.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous people protest opening of world’s largest mining fair

13.06.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Communities in Argentina Denounce the Government for Promoting the Esquel Mine During PDAC 2022

13.06.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

The Shuar Arutam People Reject Mining Convention in Canada (PDAC)

10.06.2022
News Release

Indonesian Women Win Legal Victory to Protect Small Island Home From Canadian Baru Gold

10.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Economic development should serve all, Trudeau says as Chile reforms mining sector

07.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Shopify finds conflict minerals in its third-party manufactured components

03.06.2022
Blog

Call on your MP to Protect Our Oceans and Stop Deep Sea Mining Before It Starts

01.06.2022
News Release

Blink and It's Gone: TMC's First AGM is a Sham

01.06.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian company criticized following deadly mine flooding

31.05.2022
News Release

Acquisition of Yamana Gold Proceeds as Two More Water Defenders Arrested in Andalgalá, Argentina

31.05.2022
News Release

Mining Industry Standard Failing to Make Waste Dams Safe

31.05.2022
Publication

Updated: Safety First – The Peoples’ Tailings Standard To End Mine Waste Disasters

31.05.2022
Blog

World Social Forum 2022 Workshop “Resistance to mining extractivism in Latin America and Canada: A Global Vision"

30.05.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Bodies of two more missing workers found at B.C. company’s Burkina Faso mine

30.05.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian Mining and the Tragedy in Burkina Faso

26.05.2022
MiningWatch in the News

'Astonishingly poor response': Industry watchdog criticizes B.C. company after deaths of 4 Burkina Faso miners

26.05.2022
Blog

Shuar Arutam People Resist Mining Industry Advances During COVID-19 Pandemic

25.05.2022
News Release

New Report Released: COVID-19 and Resistance to the Mining Pandemic

24.05.2022
Publication

No Reprieve: For life and territory - COVID-19 and resistance to the mining pandemic

24.05.2022
Blog

Support for Precautionary Measures for Communities in Andalgalá, Argentina

20.05.2022
Blog

Take Action! A Path Forward for Corporate Accountability in Canada

13.05.2022
News Release

Pan American Silver Ignores Community Demands at AGM

12.05.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Eight miners enter fourth week trapped in flooded Canadian-owned mine in West Africa

09.05.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement: Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver

05.05.2022
Blog

Argentinian Delegates Meet with Guatemalans at Regional Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver

04.05.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Catamarca, Argentina: Andalgalá Repressed, Many Wounded

03.05.2022
News Release

Barrick’s Rhetoric Belies the Lived Reality of Communities at its Mines Around the World

03.05.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian Companies Expected to Uphold Ethical Standards Abroad Under New Strategy

29.04.2022
Blog

The High Seas Provide an Opportunity for Canadian Leadership

13.04.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Between a rock and an arts place: can a B.C. town survive another gold rush?

09.04.2022
News Release

More Pain for The Metals Company in Quarterly Results

31.03.2022
MiningWatch in the News

‘Deeply disturbing’ report raises questions about federal interventions supporting Canadian mining companies overseas despite human rights concerns

30.03.2022
MiningWatch in the News

NDP MPs table private bills to improve accountability of Canadian companies abroad

29.03.2022
News Release

Two Bills Tabled in Parliament Today Pave Way Towards Corporate Accountability in Canada

29.03.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

The Meseta is Not a Sacrifice Zone

26.03.2022
News Release

Canadians Call for a Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

24.03.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Seabed mineral exploration licences approved in the Cook Islands

15.03.2022
News Release

Sham Company, Sham Process, Sham Regulatory Authority

09.03.2022
Publication

Canadian Mining Investments in Chile: Extractivism and Conflict

04.03.2022
Publication

Mapping Community Resistance to the Impacts of Mining for the Energy Transition in the Americas

04.03.2022
Blog

Communities of Gualel in Southern Ecuador File for Protective Measures to Protect Fierro Urco Páramo from Mining

04.03.2022
News Release

Court Rules Ottawa Can Maintain Secrecy on Aid to Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute

02.03.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Canadian Investors Injected Over US$ 2 billion into Mining Companies with History of Human Rights and Environmental Violations in the Brazilian Amazon

22.02.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Chile in the crosshairs of a Canadian resource rush

15.02.2022
Blog

Community Hikes on the Controversial Claims of Sayona Mining

10.02.2022
Blog

One Year Since Cuenca, Ecuador Voted to Protect Water Over Mining, Communities Demand Their Decision Be Respected

09.02.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Oversights and overstatements: where B.C.’s mine waste audit fell short

04.02.2022
Blog

First Quantum Minerals Deal with Panama Sparks Major Environmental and Cultural Concerns

02.02.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Panama is Worth More Without Mining: Position Statement on the Defense of the Environment and a Rejection of the New Mining Contract

02.02.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement from the Panamanian Union of Small Farmers on the Mining Contract with First Quantum Minerals

02.02.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Chile is in for a mining boom. Could a new constitution prevent environmental catastrophe?

28.01.2022
Blog

Launch of the Third Popular Initiative: No Large Scale Mining in Chubut!

27.01.2022
Blog

Communities in Chubut, Argentina, Propose Law to Further Protect Water From Dangers of Large Scale Mining

27.01.2022
Publication

Global Support for a Moratorium or Ban on Deep Seabed Mining

21.01.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Commons Podcast: Barrick and the Cruelty of Gold

21.01.2022
Blog

Global Support for a Moratorium or Ban on Deep Seabed Mining

20.01.2022
Blog

Canada’s Role in Deep Seabed Mining

20.01.2022
Blog

Words from Affected Communities as Mining Ban is Lifted in Chubut, Argentina

20.12.2021
Blog

International Solidarity Statement with Communities and Organizations of Chubut, Argentina Affected by Mine Zoning Law

20.12.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Deep sea ‘gold rush’

18.12.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water

17.12.2021
Blog

MiningWatch Newsletter – Fall/Winter 2021

10.12.2021
News Release

The Metals Company’s Fortunes Sink As Deep Sea Governance Body Meets to Rush Rules

09.12.2021
Blog

The Abejas de Acteal Receive the 2021 Mariano Abarca Environmental Award

08.12.2021
Blog

Comments on Nauru Ocean Resources Incorporated's Collector Test Environmental Impact Statement

08.12.2021
Blog

Marking Another Year of Community Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Mataquescuintla and San Carlos Alzatate

02.12.2021
Blog

International Solidarity Statement with 2021 Mariano Abarca Environmental Defence Award Recipient La Sociedad Civil las Abejas de Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico

26.11.2021
Blog

Does the world need more electric vehicles? More Canada?

23.11.2021
News Release

New Report Maps Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition

23.11.2021
Blog

Virtual Forum: Pillage by Arbitration?

20.11.2021
Blog

Event: Mapping the Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition

11.11.2021
Guest Publication

Vale Unsustainability Report 2021

11.11.2021
Blog

The Feds, Not Just Companies, Should Be Held to Account for Mining Harms Abroad

10.11.2021
Blog

We Can’t Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis! Real Action Needed at Cop26

29.10.2021
News Release

Bolivian Citizens Block Mill Operations, Accuse Canadian Company of Destroying UNESCO World Heritage Site

20.10.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Organisations Call for Investigation into Canadian Embassy in Mexico

18.10.2021
News Release

International Arbitration Tribunal rules in favour of a Canadian company and puts foreign investment above Colombia's legitimate right to protect Santurbán

12.10.2021
News Release

MiningWatch Supports Complaint Filed with OECD Against Canada’s National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

07.10.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian miners pursue prospects in war-torn Tigray

04.10.2021
News Release

International NGOs Stand with Dominicans Opposed to Pueblo Viejo Mine Expansion

04.10.2021
Blog

Declaration of Solidarity with the Communities of Monte Plata, Dominican Republic

04.10.2021
News Release

Brazilians Still Without Water Six Months after Mine Dam Breach

27.09.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Dispossession in Collusion with the Government of Guanajuato, Mexico

20.09.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Hundreds of land defenders were killed in 2020, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

15.09.2021
Blog

The Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) Denounces Mining Company Solaris Resources Inc.’s Violent Attempt To Bring Heavy Machinery Into Our Territory

08.09.2021
News Release

Mount Polley Mine Loses at B.C. Environmental Appeal Board

08.09.2021
Blog

International Organizations Join Shuar Arutam People to Press Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to Condemn Canadian Company’s Threats and Abuses

31.08.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement: REMA Joins the Demands of the San Pedro Apóstol Community, Ocotlán, Oaxaca, that Semarnat Not Give in to Lobbying Tactics Promoted by the Environment-Destroying Canadian Mining Company Fortuna Silver Mines

21.08.2021
News Release

Activists Call for Protection of Xinka Leaders Participating in Escobal Mine Consultation

18.08.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Leaked report accuses Canada of covering for mining companies in war-torn Ethiopia

13.08.2021
Blog

INV Metals’ Loma Larga Project Acquired by Canadian Company with Toxic Environmental Record in Eastern Europe and Africa

06.08.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Seven Years after Mount Polley Disaster, Mine Waste Still Flows into Quesnel Lake

04.08.2021
News Release

Investor Alert: Belo Sun Discloses Misleading Information to Investors Regarding Controversial Gold Mining Project in Brazilian Amazon

29.07.2021
Blog

Ban Seabed Mining! Embracing Our Culture

27.07.2021
Blog

Putaendo Won't Surrender

15.07.2021
Blog

Book Launch! The Water Defenders: A Celebration and Reflections on International Solidarity in El Salvador's Victory over Mining

05.07.2021
News Release

Investor Alert: Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Top Environmental, Social, Governance Risks for EV Batteries

29.06.2021
News Release

Petition Launched in Canada for International Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

22.06.2021
Blog

Canada’s Role in Deep Seabed Mining

22.06.2021
Blog

Centerra Gold: The Ugly Face of Canadian Capitalism

09.06.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

180+ Communities, Organisations and Academics Reject Extractive-Heavy EU Green Deal

02.06.2021
News Release

Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada

31.05.2021
Blog

Open Letter to Equinox Gold and Brazilian Authorities

25.05.2021
Guest Publication

Shareholder Advisory: The Proposed Business Combination Between Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition and DeepGreen

25.05.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

SARW Opposes Attempts by First Quantum Minerals to Silence It Through Court Action

18.05.2021
Blog

Community and Environmental Concerns Not “Pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s Business

17.05.2021
MiningWatch in the News

The Blackwash Part Two: Crimes against Black people no obstacle for signing the BlackNorth pledge

12.05.2021
News Release

Barrick Gold Mines Focus of Conflict Globally

04.05.2021
News Release

Civil Society and Downstream Users to Barrick: No Dominican Republic Expansion

04.05.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Turkey is the latest victim of a billion-dollar corporate heist

23.04.2021
Blog

INV Metals Says It Won’t Respect Ecuador Referendum Favouring Water Over Mining

19.04.2021
Blog

Webinar: Green Energy, Green Mining, Green New Deal?

19.04.2021
Blog

Open Letter: Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with People of Andalgalá Protesting Yamana Gold’s Agua Rica Project

16.04.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold lost its 'social licence' in Papua New Guinea. This is the price it's paying to earn it back

15.04.2021
Blog

3900 People Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala

15.04.2021
Blog

Ecuador's Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement

09.04.2021
News Release

No Relief for 4000 People Affected by Brazil Mine Spill

07.04.2021
News Release

Barrick Forces Hand of Papua New Guinea Government in Reopening Porgera Mine

06.04.2021
Blog

Canadian Organizations Ask Government to Publicly Condemn Violence Against Indigenous Land Defenders in Guatemala

30.03.2021
Blog

US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining at Goldex Property in Guatemala

30.03.2021
Blog

Lack of Social Control in Mining Activities and the Aurizona Project

26.03.2021
Blog

Fortuna Silver Mines: Licence to Pollute

26.03.2021
Blog

REMA Calls Out Mexican Institutions for Recognizing Canadian Mining Company as Leader in Sustainability and Equity

23.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Osgoode professor asks feds to disclose alleged aid to Goldcorp in human rights disputes

12.03.2021
News Release

Human Rights Organization Condemns Police Repression Against Peaceful Protesters at HudBay Mine in Peru

11.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Belo Sun: at the worst moment of the pandemic, Brazilian government authorizes in-person meeting between mining company and impacted Indigenous peoples

11.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Denounces PDAC Indigenous Leaders’ Roundtable

10.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador: Shuar Representative Denounces Threats from Canadian Mining Company

09.03.2021
News Release

Greenwash + Blank Cheque Company ≠  Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance

05.03.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador: Final hearing for endemic species case at Llurimagua mining concession to be held on March 11, 2021

04.03.2021
Blog

Free City Radio interview with Jamie Kneen – Canadian Foreign Policy Institute Sessions

02.03.2021
News Release

Ottawa Must Disclose How It Aided Goldcorp in Human Rights Dispute, Federal Court Hears 

02.03.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian parliament asked to probe role of mining companies in PH killings 

28.02.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Petition vs human rights abuses in PH tabled in Canadian Parliament

26.02.2021
News Release

​Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines

25.02.2021
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala

22.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Open Letter to United Nations Global Compact Ecuador from the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam Peoples

19.02.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian companies’ watchdog still unable to receive complaints about human rights abuses abroad

17.02.2021
Blog

Overwhelming Vote in Southern Ecuador Sends Strong Message to Mining Companies

11.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Sinking Seabed Mining: Papua New Guinean, Australian and New Zealand civil society welcome ban on seabed mining in Northern Territory

11.02.2021
Blog

Canadian Organizations Call on Canada to Halt Mining of the Seabed

03.02.2021
Blog

195 International Organizations Denounce Latest Attacks Against Members of the Peaceful Resistance to Escobal Mine

21.01.2021
News Release

Pan American Silver Chairman Set To Speak at AME Roundup on the Importance of “ESG Factors” Days After Armed Attack Against Escobal Mine Opponent in Guatemala 

21.01.2021
News Release

OceanaGold Still Unwanted in the Philippines

04.01.2021
News Release

Report Reveals Teck Resources’ Climate Change Policies Purely Rhetorical

21.12.2020
Publication

Analysis of the Quebrada Blanca Expansion Project Phase II

21.12.2020
Blog

Open Letter to the Communities and Organizations of Chubut, Argentina

08.12.2020
News Release

“It Did Not Go Well” – Barrick Continues Pressure on Papua New Guinea Government While Ignoring Human Rights

04.12.2020
Blog

TAKE ACTION: Demand that INV Metals make the Environmental Impact Assessment for Loma Larga, Public!

04.12.2020
Blog

Open Letter to INV Metals in Support of Ecuadorian Organizations Requesting Environmental Impact Study for Loma Larga Project

03.12.2020
Blog

Massive Mobilizations Ignite Argentinian Patagonia In Face of Lobby Pressure to Subvert Anti-Mining Legislation

02.12.2020
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Call on Canadian Banks to Stop Funding Conflict at the Los Filos mine

25.11.2020
Blog

Investor Alert: Equinox Threatens Community, Inexplicably Prolonging Suspension at Los Filos Mine in Mexico

25.11.2020
Blog

Video of virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

19.11.2020
Blog

Audio recording of the virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

19.11.2020
Publication

Conference report: "Turning Down The Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

16.11.2020
MiningWatch in the News

The world needs lithium. Can Bolivia’s new president deliver it?

12.11.2020
News Release

Organizations Urge British Columbia Pension Fund to Press Equinox Gold to Respect Community and Commitments at Mine in Guerrero, Mexico

06.11.2020
Blog

What Do Mine Tailings Dam Disasters Teach Us?

05.11.2020
News Release

Equinox Gold uses violence against the people in Guerrero

03.11.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

First Ever Inclusive Virtual Island-Wide Multi-Sectoral Consultation to Amplify the Voices of the People of Tonga

02.11.2020
Blog

Virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

30.10.2020
Blog

Take Action To Protect the Ida Mountains, Turkey

30.10.2020
Blog

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Kirsten Francescone, Dan Kovalik, Janine Bandcroft

26.10.2020
Blog

Xinka Parliament Announces Breakthrough in Escobal Mine Consultation Process, Rejects Pan American Silver’s Bad Faith

26.10.2020
News Release

Canadian Unions and Civil Society Organizations Support Bolivian Mineworkers Union Demands for Fair Treatment from Canadian Company

20.10.2020
Blog

Talks at Los Filos in Guerrero, Mexico, Break Down; Ejido Calls On Equinox Gold to Name New Negotiators

16.10.2020
Blog

Why Can't Equinox Gold Keep an Agreement? Timeline of events at Los Filos, Mexico

16.10.2020
Blog

RMI Report 2020: Even the Best Mining Companies Fail to Protect Human Rights & the Environment

08.10.2020
Brief

Canada’s National Contact Point: Long Overdue for an Overhaul

07.10.2020
Blog

Canada’s National Contact Point is Long Overdue for an Overhaul

07.10.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining

01.10.2020
News Release

International Support Builds for Indigenous Rights of Shuar Arutam People in Conflict with Solaris Resources in Ecuador

01.10.2020
Blog

One Month Later, Equinox Gold Still Failing to Meet Basic Conditions for Dialogue with Communities at Los Filos Mine

01.10.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Major Legal Victory for Endemic Species in Ecuador Rights of Nature Case

25.09.2020
Blog

Take Action to Support the Indigenous Shuar Arutam People in the Ecuadorian Amazon

23.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Open Letter to Solaris Resources Inc. from the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam Peoples

23.09.2020
Blog

Lithium and the False “Energy Transition”

23.09.2020
News Release

Parliamentary Petition Launched on Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in the Philippines, Mining, and Canada's Role

22.09.2020
Blog

Parliamentary Petition Addresses Human Rights Crisis in the Philippines, Mining, and Canada's Role

22.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Changing the lens: webinar tackles regulatory rollback and championing indigenous voices in the “green recovery”

22.09.2020
News Release

Canadian Mining Companies in Ecuador Face New Challenge as Constitutional Court Approves Plebiscite on Large-Scale Metal Mining

22.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Press Release, re: Sept.18 meeting between Ejido Carrizalillo and Equinox Gold

21.09.2020
News Release

Historic Win for Communities in Chile – Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama Project Permanently Put to Rest

18.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

PNG communities will have their day in court!

17.09.2020
Brief

Submission on United Nations Environment Assembly Resolution 4/19 on Mineral Resource Governance

16.09.2020
Blog

Equinox Gold Drives Mexican Farmers to Shut Down Los Filos Mine to Protect Their Dignity and their Health

11.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

PNG’s approach to deep sea mining is ‘chaotic and uncoordinated’, all licences must be cancelled

10.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexico: Ejido of Carrizalillo Revokes Agreement, Shuts Down Equinox Gold's Los Filos Mine

03.09.2020
Blog

Ecuador Communities Day of Action Hits Cornerstone Resources’ AGM

28.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

New Research Conducted at Los Cedros Reserve Provides Insights into Plant-Fungi Symbiosis

28.08.2020
Blog

Chile: Valparaíso Court Nullifies Illegal Authorization of Vizcachitas Mining Company Drilling Project

27.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Ecuador: Statement from the People’s Council for Cuenca’s Water

27.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Chile: 14 Reasons Why Cannot Allow the Pascua Lama Mining Project to Continue

26.08.2020
Blog

Hudbay Denies COVID-19 Infections at Constancia Mine – Peruvian Organization Responds

12.08.2020
News Release

New Global Industry Standard Will Not End Mine Waste Disasters

05.08.2020
News Release

Restructured Lydian Escalates Standoff in Amulsar, Armenia

05.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Network of Peoples Affected by Mining – Communiqué for July 22: International Day of Action Against Mining

05.08.2020
Blog

Indigenous Shuar Arutam Government in Ecuador Calls Out Canadian Mining Company’s Sham Consultation Process.

04.08.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Canada not walking the talk on its miners’ abuses abroad, campaigners say

24.07.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining could pollute vast swaths of the ocean, scientists say

20.07.2020
News Release

Barrick Goes To International Arbitration in Last Ditch Effort to Hold onto Lucrative Porgera Mine

13.07.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Constitutional Court Could Save Los Cedros Reserve in Ecuador from Mining

03.07.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Goal of tailings management should be zero harm – report

01.07.2020
Publication

Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management

30.06.2020
News Release

Safety First: New Report Outlines Guidelines To End Mine Waste Disasters

30.06.2020
Blog

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Investor Lawsuits & COVID-19

29.06.2020
Blog

Canadian Mining Companies Beware: Communities in Chubut, Argentina Launch Second Campaign for Law to Protect Water Against Mining

25.06.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

ATM Statement on the Expired Mining Contract of Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI)

20.06.2020
MiningWatch in the News

The deep sea could hold the key to a renewable future. Is it worth the costs?

17.06.2020
Blog

Papua New Guinea Landowners' Fears Confirmed: Bismarck Sea At Risk; Canadian Conic Metals Unresponsive

17.06.2020
Blog

Canadian Company Threatens Biodiverse Forest in Victoria, Australia with Plans for New Gold Mine

16.06.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

16.06.2020
News Release

Letter Campaign Demands Canadian Government Take Action Against Canadian Mining Company in Chile

16.06.2020
Blog

Papua New Guinea Seeks to Amend 1992 Mining Act – Implications for Renewal of Porgera Mine Lease

12.06.2020
Blog

Civil Society of Tonga Speaks Out Against Plans to Mine the Deep Sea

08.06.2020
MiningWatch in the News

International arbitration: the key themes leading to mining disputes

04.06.2020
News Release

Ecuador: Elected Local Officials Threatened with Jail for Opposing Mining

04.06.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Mining industry accused of spreading COVID-19 in remote communities by new report

02.06.2020
Publication

Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic

02.06.2020
News Release

New Report: Canadian Mining Companies Profiting from COVID-19 Pandemic, Putting Communities and Workers at Risk

02.06.2020
Blog

Support Chile’s “First Territory Free of Mining” – Send a Message to the Canadian Ambassador to Chile

27.05.2020
News Release

Put People First, Demand Over 150 Canadian Organizations with the Launch of Six Principles for a Just Recovery

25.05.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Mining The Deep Sea Could Mean Unique Ecosystems Are 'Lost Forever'

21.05.2020
News Release

Community and Worker Health and Well-being Not On Agenda at HudBay Minerals AGM

21.05.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Report calls for moratorium on deep-sea mining

20.05.2020
News Release

New Report Highlights Deep Sea Nodule Mining Danger to Pacific Ocean and Island Nations

19.05.2020
Publication

Predicting the Impacts of Mining Deep Sea Polymetallic Nodules in the Pacific Ocean: A Review of Scientific Literature

19.05.2020
News Release

COVID-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Over 100 Organizations Show Solidarity With Indigenous Shuar Arutam, Repudiate Mining Companies for Putting Communities at Grave Risk

14.05.2020
News Release

COVID-19: Canadian Mining Company Endangers Workers and Communities in Peru

11.05.2020
News Release

Teck Under Fire as Fears of COVID-19 Outbreak Sweep Chilean Mining Town

08.05.2020
News Release

Xinka People of Guatemala, Thousands of International Supporters Demand Answers from Pan American Silver

06.05.2020
Blog

Barrick Gold AGM 2020 – CEO Mark Bristow Responds to Questions about Porgera Mine

05.05.2020
Blog

Barrick Gold AGM 2020 – CEO Mark Bristow Responds to Questions about North Mara Mine in Tanzania

05.05.2020
News Release

Barrick Gold AGM Faces Continued Failure on Human Rights

05.05.2020
Blog

May Day COVID-19 Report

01.05.2020
News Release

Global Civil Society Organizations Condemn Violent Dispersal of Indigenous Peoples’ Mining Barricade in the Philippines

29.04.2020
News Release

On Earth Day, Land Defenders Share Struggles for Self-Determination and Community Health in Guatemala and British Columbia

22.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

ATM Statement: Condemnation of violent dispersal of peoples’ barricade in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

06.04.2020
Blog

Chilean Mayor Asks Teck to Protect Municipality, Warns Population Vulnerable to COVID-19 Due to Mining Contamination

26.03.2020
Blog

Communities Defend Public Health Against Mining and COVID-19 in Guatemala

25.03.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Message from the Indigenous Xinka Parliament, Guatemala, re: COVID-19

25.03.2020
Blog

Still No Justice for Marinduque’s Mining Victims

24.03.2020
Blog

Canadian Mining Companies in Argentine Patagonia: 'Go Home and Stay Home!'

23.03.2020
News Release

Miners at Barrick Gold Project in Argentina Demand To Be Sent Home for Fear of Coronavirus Outbreak at Isolated Mining Camp

19.03.2020
News Release

Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Condemn Attempts to Forge Support for Ecuador Mining Project at Toronto Conference

16.03.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous women mark Women's Day with protest dance against mining

07.03.2020
News Release

Groups Oppose Repressive Chilean Government Seeking Increased Canadian Mining Investment at PDAC

03.03.2020
Blog

Bankruptcy Court Informed of Misleading Information in Mining Company Lydian’s Affidavit

02.03.2020
News Release

New Map by Environmental Justice Atlas Reveals Patterns of Abuse at Canadian Company Pan American Silver’s Mines in Latin America

02.03.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Hundreds Block Entrances, Surround World’s Largest Mining Convention

01.03.2020
News Release

Investor Alert: Social, Environmental & Financial Risks for Nouveau Monde Graphite

01.03.2020
News Release

Supreme Court Rules that Canadian Courts Can Hear Slave Labour Lawsuit Against Canadian Company

28.02.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

New Research Shows Mongolia Forced to Give Up Control Over Natural Resources

19.02.2020
Blog

Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New Guatemalan Government

13.02.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Faces Fresh Legal Battle Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania

11.02.2020
News Release

Tanzanian Victims Commence Legal Action Against Barrick Gold in UK

10.02.2020
News Release

Canadian Delegation Receives Report Linking Human and Environmental Abuses to Canadian Mining Activities in Chile

28.01.2020
MiningWatch in the News

MiningWatch Canada pushes for global review of safety of tailings dams

23.01.2020
News Release

Communities & Civil Society Call for Action to Prevent More Mine Waste Disasters on First Anniversary of Deadly Brazilian Spill

23.01.2020
Blog

Background on Pro-Mining Law Amendments in Mendoza, Argentina

14.01.2020
Blog

Banro Corporation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

10.01.2020
Brief

Comments on FinDev Canada’s Draft Environmental & Social Policy

07.01.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Touring Bolivia’s Cerro Rico, the Mountain that Eats Men

31.12.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Lithium could help us ditch fossil fuels. But mining is messy.

17.12.2019
Publication

Critique of the Government of Canada’s 2014 “Enhanced Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy: To Strengthen Canada’s Extractive Sector Abroad”

12.12.2019
News Release

International Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Argentinian Water Defenders Against Canadian Mining Companies’ Attack on Environmental Law

06.12.2019
Blog

URGENT ACTION - Tell Multinational Mining Companies to Back Off: Chubut Already Said "No" to Mining

06.12.2019
News Release

Argentinean Provincial Legislators Condemn Mining Lobby Pressure to Amend Environmental Law

05.12.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Australia’s National Environment Group Gives Major Award to Aboriginal People Standing Strong Against Cameco

29.11.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Declaration of the Union of Assemblies of the Communities of Chubut (UACCh)

28.11.2019
News Release

Canadian Mining Lobby Pushes to Amend Environmental Legislation in Chubut Province, Argentina

26.11.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Nautilus Minerals Still Lost at Sea with No Life Raft in Sight 

25.11.2019
Blog

Understanding Canada’s Silence on the Uprising in Chile

25.11.2019
News Release

Where Does Canada Stand on Deep Sea Mining?

22.11.2019
Blog

Selected Background Readings for "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

21.11.2019
News Release

Indigenous Leaders in British Columbia and Guatemala Demand that Mining Companies Respect their Self-Determination at Home and Abroad

21.11.2019
News Release

Mining Impacts of Green Energy Transition Focus of International Conference

14.11.2019
Blog

Declaration of the Regional Gathering: Climate Crisis, Energy Transition and Mining Extractivism in Latin America

13.11.2019
MiningWatch in the News

A Canadian company wants to build Brazil’s largest open-pit gold mine. Now that Bolsonaro is in power, it just might succeed

09.11.2019
News Release

Community Demands Justice Following Death of Neighbour Shot by Security Guard at Canadian-Owned Mine in Chile

08.11.2019
Blog

What riches await…

01.11.2019
Blog

Mining the Deep Sea: Stories for Suckers, and Corporate Capture of the UN

30.10.2019
News Release

Mineworkers Demand Teck Come to Negotiating Table as Strike Continues into Third Week at Chilean Copper Mine

29.10.2019
Blog

Guest Blog: Acción Ecológica "Evaluating October 2019 in Ecuador"

24.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Peruvian Court Rules Hudbay Minerals’ Contract with Police Influenced Criminalization of International Researchers

21.10.2019
News Release

International Allies Applaud Victory against Economic Austerity Measures in Ecuador, Demand Justice for Violent State Repression of Protests

16.10.2019
News Release

Over 20 Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Ecuadorian Indigenous, Labour, and Civil Society Organizations

15.10.2019
Blog

Open Letter: Canadian Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous, Labour and Civil Society Organizations in Ecuador Protesting Neoliberal Economic Reforms 

15.10.2019
News Release

Largest Gold Mine in Canada Settles with Affected Citizens Out of Court

15.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

International Articulation of People Affected by Vale Travels to Europe to Denounce Mining Crimes in Brazil

11.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

CONAIE: To the Country (October 10, part 2)

10.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

CONAIE: To our bases and the Ecuadorian People (October 10, part 1)

10.10.2019
Blog

New Report Reveals Botched Consultation Process for Indigenous Xinca at Pan American Silver Mine in Guatemala

10.10.2019
MiningWatch in the News

More arguments vs. OceanaGold

08.10.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Statement from Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE) regarding Indigenous Mobilization and Civil Disobedience

08.10.2019
MiningWatch in the News

OceanaGold’s financial and technical assistance agreement should not be renewed 

05.10.2019
Blog

Guest Blog: Stopping a Capital Environmental Crime: The Rocket Frog and Intag’s Future

01.10.2019
News Release

Ecuador – Intag Assembly: In Defence of Our Territory

23.09.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Mining industry seeks to polish tarnished reputation

22.09.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Mining industry seeks to polish tarnished reputation

22.09.2019
News Release

Trudeau Government Drops Writ and Publishes Revised Ombudsperson Mandate, Again Fails to Provide Necessary Powers to Investigate Corporate Abuse of Human Rights

12.09.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining Welcomed But More Courage Required of PM Marape: PNG citizens call for a full ban on seabed mining

05.09.2019
Blog

"Unearthing Justice" – New Book Launch & Tour!

04.09.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Mining, murder and Canadian impunity in Mexico

03.09.2019
MiningWatch in the News

In a Turkish forest, resistance grows to a Canadian company’s gold-mining project

27.08.2019
MiningWatch in the News

“We will continue until we win,” say the Turkish protesters taking on a major Canadian mining project

23.08.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Multi-billion dollar fine on Pakistan puts the spotlight on a secret court

20.08.2019
Blog

Mariano Abarca's Powerful Speech in Front of Canadian Embassy Is Heard in Chiapas to Mark Family's Submission of Appeal and 10th Year of Impunity

19.08.2019
News Release

Abarca Family Files with Federal Court of Appeal, insisting that Canadian Embassy in Mexico Must Be Investigated

19.08.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

John Perkins Announces Lawsuit Following Arrest at Atlantic Gold Public Information Session

13.08.2019
Blog

Protests in Ottawa and Vancouver Part of Global Day of Action Against Oceanagold

09.08.2019
Blog

Indigenous Shuar Government in Ecuador Ratifies Anti-Mining Position Against Solaris Copper’s Warintza Project

09.08.2019
News Release

OceanaGold Philippines Mine Shut Down – Villagers Blockade Site, Permit Renewal Withheld

09.08.2019
News Release

Canadians Demonstrate in Ottawa and Vancouver in Solidarity with Indigenous Filipinos Peacefully Blockading OceanaGold Mine

09.08.2019
News Release

Plaintiffs Conclude Lawsuit with Pan American Silver over 2013 Shooting in Guatemala, Communities Reaffirm Opposition to Escobal Mine, Warn of Rising Tensions

31.07.2019
News Release

Federal Court Judge Concedes – If Canadian Embassy in Mexico Had Acted Differently, Mariano Abarca Might Not Have Been Murdered, But Refuses to Order Investigation

29.07.2019
News Release

Mining Industry Lobbied Government 530 Times in 15 Months: Is this the reason for diluted mandate for business ombudsperson?

24.07.2019
Blog

More than 1500 March to Defend Territory Against Argonaut Gold in Guanajuato, Mexico

23.07.2019
Blog

Support the People's Barricade against OceanaGold in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

19.07.2019
Publication

Why the Rush? Seabed Mining in the Pacific Ocean

17.07.2019
News Release

Why the Rush for Seabed Mining? Intrigue, Collusion and Interesting Bedfellows

17.07.2019
Blog

Ecuadorian Organization Denounces Illegal Exploration Activities at Canadian Mining Project

10.07.2019
News Release

Indigenous Peoples Blockade OceanaGold Mine in the Philippines: Company Operates Despite Expired Licence

10.07.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Canada brushed off abuse complaints against Barrick-linked gold miner in Tanzania, emails show

10.07.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

No to the Cerro del Gallo Mining Project in the Cradle of Independence

08.07.2019
News Release

Letter with over 65 signatures of Guatemalan and International Organizations delivered to Attorney General Demanding Protective Measures Be Upheld for Xinca Lawyer and Communities Opposing Escobal Mine

03.07.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Barrick Negotiations with Papua New Guinea Landowners Stall

26.06.2019
Blog

International Media Expose Human Rights Abuses by Security at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine in Tanzania

19.06.2019
News Release

MEDIA ALERT: MiningWatch Canada Available for Comment on Global Affairs Canada’s Updated “Voices at Risk Guidelines for Supporting Human Rights Defenders”

14.06.2019
News Release

“Boxing with My Hands Tied Behind My Back”: Barrick Grievance Mechanism in Tanzania Not Fair, Say Lawyer, Village Representatives

11.06.2019
Blog

Save the Date! Announcing Our 20th Anniversary Conference – Ottawa, November 14-15, 2019

10.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian mining companies will now face human rights charges in Canadian courts

07.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Argentine court denies Canadian gold miner’s challenge to law against mining on glaciers

06.06.2019
Blog

"Extraction Casino" Ottawa Launch Event – June 17, 2019

03.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick proposes low-ball buyout offer for beleaguered Tanzanian subsidiary Acacia

22.05.2019
News Release

New Expert Report Finds Canada Carbon Project Uneconomic, $96 Million Damage Claim Against Municipality Unfounded – Complaint Filed with B.C. Securities Commission

22.05.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

100,000 March in Colombia to Protect Drinking Water from Mining Company

13.05.2019
Blog

Talking Points podcast episode 4 - Digging for Dividends

08.05.2019
News Release

Indigenous People Call On Pan American Silver to Cease Local Interference Out of Respect for Consultation Process in Guatemala

08.05.2019
News Release

New CEO, Same Human Rights and Environmental Abuses at Barrick Mine Sites

07.05.2019
News Release

Hundreds Take to Toronto Streets to Call for Justice for Communities Abused by Canadian Mining

04.05.2019
Blog

Canada Still Needs an Ombudsperson to Investigate Mining Cases – Not an Advisor to the Minister of International Trade or another CSR Counsellor

04.05.2019
MiningWatch in the News

UN watchdog critical of government delays with new corporate ethics ombud

02.05.2019
News Release

New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment

02.05.2019
Publication

Extraction Casino: Mining companies gambling with Latin American lives and sovereignty through supranational arbitration

02.05.2019
Presentation

State Duty to Protect Human Rights: How Canada’s Embassy Staff and Trade Commissioners Are Not Fulfilling Their Duty

30.04.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Securities Complaint: Northern Dynasty Minerals Misleading Investors Over Pebble

30.04.2019
News Release

Over Two Hundred Organizations Denounce Multimillion-Dollar Suit Brought by U.S. Mining Firm Against Guatemala

24.04.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Court Grants Indigenous Community Injunction Against Almaden Minerals’ Mining Concessions

23.04.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Canada slowly pushes for corporate transparency as part of anti-corruption push

21.04.2019
MiningWatch in the News

'Lobbied to death': Liberals face backlash over corporate responsibility ombudsman

08.04.2019
Blog

Announcing MiningWatch Canada’s 20th Anniversary Annual General Meeting

07.04.2019
MiningWatch in the News

The Marcopper mine spill and the unending wait for justice

03.04.2019
MiningWatch in the News

The Marcopper disaster: A tragedy that continues in people’s veins

03.04.2019
News Release

Ground-Breaking Federal Court Hearing over Canadian Mining Diplomacy and Assassination of Mexican Community Leader

26.03.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Osgoode Hall professor will argue Canada should investigate assassination of Mexican activist

24.03.2019
Blog

Are Canadian Embassies Free to Ignore Government Human Rights Policies?

22.03.2019
Publication

Submission to the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries

15.03.2019
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Expresses Support for Ongoing Community Resistance Against Canadian Mining Project in Southern Ecuador

14.03.2019
News Release

Nautilus Seeks Financial Protection: Key players looked after at the expense of small shareholders and Papua New Guinea

13.03.2019
Blog

Aura Minerals & Honduran Government Criminalizing 19 Azacualpa community Defenders

04.03.2019
News Release

“Will Today’s Deal Bring Tomorrow’s Disaster?” Mining Companies Denounced for Human Rights Abuses and Environmental Disasters

03.03.2019
News Release

Canadian and International Organizations Express Support to 30 Organizations Resisting Cornerstone Capital Resources

03.03.2019
News Release

30 Ecuadorian Organizations Write-Open Letter to Cornerstone Capital Resources to Demand they Abandon their Activities and Leave their Communities

01.03.2019
News Release

30 Ecuadorian Organizations Write Open Letter to Cornerstone Capital Resources to Demand they Abandon their Activities and Leave their Communities

01.03.2019
News Release

World Bank Arbitration Tribunal Refuses to Listen to Those Affected by Mining in Santurban, Colombia

28.02.2019
Blog

Canadian Company INV Metals Fights Local Referendum Over Ecuador Gold Project Against Mounting Community Opposition

26.02.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Why Canada wants regime change in Venezuela

25.02.2019
Blog

Report One Month After the Crime-Tragedy of Brumadinho

25.02.2019
News Release

Ecuadorian Network Denounces Possible Threat of Investment Arbitration Made by Canadian Company

19.02.2019
News Release

MiningWatch Canada, International Organizations Demand Vale Be Excluded from UN Global Compact

12.02.2019
News Release

Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Denounces Ecuadorian Government’s Co-hosted Promotion with Solaris Copper

12.02.2019
Blog

Behind the Glitter: The Gold Facts

05.02.2019
Blog

Three Canadian Mining Companies in Brazil Silent on Tailings Dam Structures following Brumadinho Disaster

04.02.2019
Blog

International Groups Denounce U.S. Mining Company’s Multi-million Dollar Claim Against Guatemala and Express Solidarity with Communities Peacefully Defending Land and Life at ‘La Puya’

31.01.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Nutrien maintains Western Sahara link via China

27.01.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

VALE OF DEATH: Statement on the collapse of the tailing dam in Brumadinho

25.01.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Top court weighs precedent-setting case of human rights breaches at Canadian mine in Eritrea

23.01.2019
Blog

Can Slave Labour Charges Against Canadian Company Be Heard in Court in Canada? Supreme Court of Canada Hears Arguments Today

23.01.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

No Bankroll for Deep Sea Mining Experiment

20.01.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Canada’s overseas mining practices on trial in alleged rights abuse case

18.01.2019
Blog

Take Action – Canada’s Promised Human Rights Ombudsperson Has Gone Missing

17.01.2019
News Release

INV Metals Releases Full Feasibility Study for Ecuador Project: Shareholders Need to Inform Themselves about Lack of Community Support

15.01.2019
News Release

Parish in Ecuador Alerts Canadian Company, Cornerstone Resources, that they are not welcome in their communities

14.01.2019
News Release

Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board Alerted about Dangerous Investment Ahead of Pan American Silver-Tahoe Resources Merger

07.01.2019
News Release

Securities Commissions Asked to Investigate Ahead of January 8 Tahoe-Pan American Silver Merger

03.01.2019
Blog

Canadian Copper Mine Destroying Forests in Panamian Sector of Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

28.12.2018
MiningWatch in the News

Mining watchdog describes grim plight of Porgera people

19.12.2018
News Release

Indigenous Rights Defenders Targeted Over Opposition to OceanaGold Mine, Seek Support from Canadian Embassy in Philippines

18.12.2018
Blog

Catherine Coumans talks to Coop Radio's "Redeye" about the Ombuds

15.12.2018
Blog

OceanaGold Fails to Refute Report’s Critical Findings

11.12.2018
News Release

GAME OVER! Papua New Guinea Deep Sea Mining Experiment Fails

11.12.2018
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #42 – Autumn 2018

07.12.2018
Blog

Statement by the Mesoamerican Movement in Resistance to the Extractivist Model (M4) on State-Regulated Consultations

30.11.2018
News Release

Mining-Affected Communities Ask: Where Is Canada's Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise?

28.11.2018
Blog

Remedy Gone Wrong: Barrick Gold’s Grievance Mechanism in Tanzania Deepens Harm

27.11.2018
News Release

Family Members and Allies of Mariano Abarca Denounce Nine Years of Impunity for His Assassination

26.11.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Papua New Guinea Landowners to Challenge 29 Year Old Porgera Mine in Supreme Court

18.11.2018
News Release

Residents of Brazilian Municipality Concerned About Future Stability of Canadian-Operated Mine

07.11.2018
Blog

Barrick Gold Resistance Camp in Dominican Republic Celebrates One Year in Solidarity with Local Community

07.11.2018
Publication

OceanaGold in the Philippines: Ten Violations that Should Prompt Its Removal

31.10.2018
News Release

New Study Supports Calls for OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in the Philippines To Be Closed

30.10.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Nautilus, Are You Nuts?! Second Large Earthquake Near Proposed Solwara 1 Site

12.10.2018
News Release

Supreme Court Accepts Appeal of Peruvian Human Rights Defender, Overturns Sentence

10.10.2018
Blog

Overwhelming international support for Indigenous Guatemalan communities resisting Canadian/American mine

25.09.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Environmental Victory in Panama: Supreme Court declares Law 9 from February 26, 1997 unconstitutional

24.09.2018
News Release

Criminalization of the Aymara People - Supreme Court Will Decide on Aduviri Case on October 5th.

20.09.2018
Guest Publication

Growing Bougainville’s Future: Choices for an Island and its people

12.09.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Bougainville: To mine or not to mine?

12.09.2018
Blog

Porgera Stories – Justice Foundation for Porgera

06.09.2018
News Release

Tanzania: Victims of North Mara Gold Mine Violence Find No Justice in New Compensation Scheme

04.09.2018
Publication

Inequality of Arms: A summary of concerns raised by victims of violence by private and public mine security at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania regarding the mine’s new Operation-level Grievance Mechanism

04.09.2018
News Release

Guatemala’s Highest Court Orders Tahoe’s Escobal Mine to Remain Suspended

04.09.2018
Blog

Guatemalan Communities Refute Tahoe Resources' Kidnapping Claims

31.08.2018
Blog

Guatemalan Communities Deliver Message of Resistance to New CEO of Tahoe Resources

15.08.2018
Blog

Organizations Demand Justice for Murder of Member of Peaceful Resistance to Tahoe Resources' Project in Guatemala

02.08.2018
Publication

Statement from OECD Watch and MiningWatch Canada regarding the Canadian NCP’s improper handling of the OECD Guidelines specific instance Bruno Manser Fonds vs Sakto Group

26.07.2018
MiningWatch in the News

Canada’s mining giants pay billions less in taxes in Canada than abroad

16.07.2018
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #41 – Spring/Summer 2018

06.07.2018
Blog

Women Speak Out About Abuse at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine in Tanzania

25.06.2018
Blog

New Report Points To Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses in Eritrea as Canadian Company Goes To Supreme Court Over Allegations of Forced Labour

14.06.2018
Blog

Guatemalan and International Organizations Dismayed Over U.S. Embassy Interference on Tahoe Case

12.06.2018
News Release

Integrity Commissioner’s Refusal to Investigate Canadian Embassy Prompts Application to Federal Court of Canada

17.05.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Solwara 1 Project Is a Dangerous and Bad Investment

14.05.2018
News Release

Alaska Native Leaders and Fishermen Tell First Quantum: Dump Pebble Mine

03.05.2018
Blog

Eldorado Claims Arbitration Victory in Greece, but Legal Deadlock Remains

26.04.2018
Publication

Review of Barrick Gold/Acacia Mining’s Draft “Community Grievance Process - Standard Operating Procedure” for the North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania

24.04.2018
News Release

Victims at Barrick Mines in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania Demand Halt to Ongoing Violence and Fair Reparations for Human Rights Abuses

24.04.2018
Blog

MiningWatch Annual Seminar – May 4, 2018

18.04.2018
MiningWatch in the News

Canada mining murder in Mexico

05.03.2018
Publication

Behind the Pebble Mine: Hunter Dickinson Inc., the Canadian Mining Company You’ve Never Heard Of

28.02.2018
News Release

Pebble Mine Investment Risk Warning: New Report Examines Hunter Dickinson Track Record

28.02.2018
MiningWatch in the News

What do the mining watchdogs see?

27.02.2018
Blog

Guatemalan Communities Denounce Tahoe Resources for Trying to Provoke Conflict During Suspension of Escobal Mine

22.02.2018
News Release

Mexican Delegation Questions Role of Canadian Embassy in Complaint to Integrity Commissioner

06.02.2018
Blog

What Happened to Boi Nelson Nai at the Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea?

05.02.2018
Blog

Canadian Embassy in Mexico Subject of Complaint to Public Sector Integrity Commissioner

05.02.2018
Blog

The DNI Metals Mining Project in Vohitsara, Madagascar Must Really Be Stopped!

02.02.2018
News Release

BC's Recent Crown Decision: How Can the Worst Mining Waste Disaster in Canadian History Not Have Legal Consequences?

01.02.2018
News Release

Mining Giant Rio Tinto’s Tax Haven Scheme Costs Canada and Mongolia Nearly $700 Million in Lost Tax Revenue

31.01.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Golden promises and unpaid bills: The case of Oyu Tolgoi and profitable tax avoidance by Rio Tinto in Mongolia

31.01.2018
MiningWatch in the News

The Canadian company behind this Mongolian mine has avoided half a billion dollars in taxes, report alleges

31.01.2018
Blog

Indigenous Malaysian Forest Activists Bring Quest for Justice to Canada with Film Tour

25.01.2018
Blog

Speaking Tour: Canada’s Deadly Diplomacy and Mining Justice in Mexico 

23.01.2018
Blog

Complete and Permanent Closure of Pascua Lama: The Power of Conviction and Persistence

23.01.2018
Brief

OECD Peer Review of the Canadian National Contact Point on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

23.01.2018
News Release

Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies

17.01.2018
News Release

At Last, Communities Affected by Canadian Corporations Overseas Will Be Heard: Government Creates Human Rights Watchdog

17.01.2018
Blog

Take Action: National Security Bill Puts Land and Environment Protectors in Jeopardy

12.12.2017
Blog

Canada Must Stop Support to Honduras Regime following Botched Election

11.12.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Raids, incarceration and decimated Indigenous land stains Canada's reputation in Guatemala

06.12.2017
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #40 – Autumn 2017

28.11.2017
Blog

Launch of OECD Watch ‘Remedy is the Reason’ Campaign

27.11.2017
News Release

Justice Now! Eight Years of Impunity Since the Murder of Mariano Abarca in Chiapas, Mexico

27.11.2017
MiningWatch in the News

How an Ontario court case could change Canadian mining overseas​

23.11.2017
News Release

Organizations Urge Canadian Government to Cooperate with Costa Rican Investigation

22.11.2017
Blog

Mining “Development and Progress” Spills Blood Once Again in Guerrero, Mexico: Two more deaths on the conscience of Prime Minister Trudeau

20.11.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Trudeau Government Must Act after Striking Workers Murdered at Canadian-Owned Mine in Mexico

20.11.2017
News Release

Peruvian Court to Hear MiningWatch Canada's Legal Action Against Arbitrary Detention in Connection with Hudbay Minerals’ Operations

20.11.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquins of Barriere Lake Welcome Quebec Settlement with Copper One But Remain Opposed to any Mining Activities within our Territory

16.11.2017
News Release

Organisations Ask Prime Minister Trudeau To Take Action on Corruption

30.10.2017
News Release

Class Action Against Agnico Eagle and Yamana Gold: Malartic Fight Continues

27.10.2017
Blog

Does the Canadian Government Have a Message for Mining-Affected Communities in Mexico?

25.10.2017
Blog

Response to Barrick Gold Subsidiary Acacia Mining on Alleged Excess Use of Force by Mine Security at the North Mara Gold Mine

19.10.2017
Blog

House Subcommittee Hearings on Mining in Latin America a Public Disservice

18.10.2017
News Release

Acute Human Rights Crisis in Mexico Must Become a Priority for Canada, Visiting Mexican Rights Advocates Say

17.10.2017
Blog

Guatemalans Denounce Tahoe Resources’ Plan to “Pick Them Apart”

16.10.2017
Blog

Mexican Network of Mining Affected People Tries to Extract a Response from Trudeau

12.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Guatemala court clarifies consultation area, denies action on export permit

27.09.2017
Blog

Tahoe Resources’ Social Licence in Guatemala Non-Existent, as Uncertainty Plagues Escobal Permits

26.09.2017
Blog

DNI Metals Digs Itself in Deeper in Madagascar

25.09.2017
Blog

The Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) Is Hiring! Indigenous Caucus Coordinator

22.09.2017
Blog

Public Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

13.09.2017
News Release

Madagascar Farmers Confront Canadian Junior Mining Company

12.09.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Digging for the truth

03.09.2017
Blog

Letter to Acacia Mining re: new report of violent death and ongoing concerns regarding access to remedy for victims at the North Mara Gold Mine

01.09.2017
Blog

Tahoe Resources Lobbies U.S., Canada to Intervene Over Guatemala Court Decision to Suspend Escobal Mine

31.08.2017
Blog

Correspondence with Acacia Mining re: Use of Force by Mine Security at the North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania.

29.08.2017
Blog

Chemical Exposure at Porgera Mine Anawe Waste Site, Papua New Guinea

20.08.2017
Brief

Report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

10.08.2017
News Release

Indigenous Advocate Seeks Justice - Files Charges against Imperial Metals Over Biggest Mining Spill in Canada

04.08.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

3 Years After The Mount Polley Disaster, Our Waters Are Still In Danger

31.07.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Tsilhqot’in Nation Seek Injunctions from BC Supreme Court to Stop (Again) Taseko Mines

31.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News

The Anti-Mining Struggle in El Salvador – Corporate Strategies and Community Resistance

31.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News

No Charges, No Fines For Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Three-Year Legal Deadline Approaches

23.07.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Why We Need to Clean Up Mining if We Want a Renewable Energy Economy

20.07.2017
Publication

Anger Boils Over at North Mara Mine – Barrick/Acacia Leave Human Rights Abuses Unaddressed

19.07.2017
Blog

Smear Campaign Launched Against Opponents to Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Project, After Mine Licences Suspended

19.07.2017
News Release

Tahoe Licences Suspended for Lack of Consultation with Indigenous Communities, While Company Denies Indigenous Presence and Opposition

07.07.2017
News Release

​Barrick Gold Tanzania Operations Accused of Financial and Human Rights Abuses – Executives Once Again Fail to Address Human Rights Abuses

05.07.2017
News Release

Mexican Organizations Bring the Fight for Justice for the Murder of Mariano Abarca to the International Level

30.06.2017
News Release

Nautilus AGM : Solwara 1 Deep Sea Mining Venture Remains a Speculative Pipe Dream

28.06.2017
News Release

OceanaGold “Gold Mining Company of Choice”? Not in El Salvador or Philippines

23.06.2017
News Release

Nautilus to Go Under Before Reaching the Ocean Floor

20.06.2017
News Release

Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources cleared for trial in Canada, ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ with regard to risks

12.06.2017
News Release

UN Experts Urge Canada to Step Up on Business-Related Rights Abuses

05.06.2017
Blog

El Salvador – When the Seeds of Resistance Bloom

31.05.2017
Blog

Eldorado Gold’s Unspoken Legal Problems in Greece

29.05.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

A Breach of Human Rights - The Impact of the Mount Polley Mine Disaster, British Columbia

24.05.2017
Publication

Remarks to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Operational-Level Grievance Mechanisms

23.05.2017
News Release

British Columbia Securities Commission Asked to Investigate Mining Company’s Failure to Disclose Material Facts to Investors

23.05.2017
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Launches Legal Action Against Arbitrary Detention in Connection with Hudbay Minerals’ Operations in Peru

17.05.2017
News Release

Indigenous Women from Papua New Guinea Appeal to Government of Canada for Help Obtaining Remedy for Ongoing Human Rights Abuses at Barrick Mine

09.05.2017
News Release

Landmark Decision: Quebec Court Approves Class Suit Against Gold Giant Canadian Malartic

05.05.2017
News Release

Almost A Quarter-Million People Worldwide Join Call For Nevsun Resources Investors to Divest Over Abuses at Eritrea Mine

03.05.2017
News Release

Media Advisory – Nevsun Resources Investors To Face Petition Calling for Divestment Over Abuses at Eritrea Mine

01.05.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Women from Papua New Guinea bring rape complaints to Canadian mining company’s door

25.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Mining violence survivors demand justice in Toronto

25.04.2017
News Release

Barrick Confronted by Indigenous Women from Papua New Guinea at AGM

25.04.2017
Blog

Background: Indigenous Ipili Women Speak Out at Barrick AGM 2017

25.04.2017
Blog

Statements and Questions from Everlyn Guape and Joycelyn Mandi at Barrick Gold’s 2017 Annual Meeting

25.04.2017
Blog

In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold

24.04.2017
Blog

#WeAreUofT E.19 - #WeBelieveSurvivors of Barrick Gold ft. Porgera Women's Rights Watch & MiningWatch Canada

24.04.2017
News Release

What does Hudbay have to hide from Peruvians? MiningWatch Canada Staff Member, US Journalist Arbitrarily Detained in Peru over Documentary About Hudbay Minerals’ Operations

24.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Peruvian police detain filmmaker after showing documentary critical of Hudbay Minerals

24.04.2017
Blog

Indigenous Women Speak Out About Mining's Impacts on Women – Ottawa Event

23.04.2017
Blog

MiningWatch Annual Seminar – April 27, 2017

18.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Against the global harms caused by Canadian mining

11.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Claims of human rights abuses near a PNG goldmine

07.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Alleged Killer in Canadian Mining Company Lawsuit Acquitted in Guatemala

06.04.2017
Blog

Berta Cáceres Petition Presentation – Ottawa

04.04.2017
News Release

Salvadoran Legislature Votes for Water Over Gold, Becoming First Country to Ban Metal Mining Outright

30.03.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Movie-like intimidation and obstruction tactics at Certej

29.03.2017
News Release

As Salvadoran Congress Prepares to Vote on Unprecedented Bill to End Metal Mining, Governor From the Philippines Crisscrosses El Salvador to Reveal Impact of OceanaGold’s Operations in His Province

29.03.2017
News Release

Village Houses Burnt Down – Again – at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea; Violence Against Local Men and Women Continues Unabated

28.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Profs call for action on extraction ombudsperon

16.03.2017
Blog

Ecuadorian Organizations Decry Promotion of Ecuador as 'Mining Country' during Mining Convention in Toronto

08.03.2017
Publication

Submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights ahead of its Visit to Canada

06.03.2017
Blog

Latin American Organizations Denounce the Deadly Impacts of Mining During PDAC 2017

06.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Toronto's buried history: the dark story of how mining built a city

03.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Not-so-innocent abroad

02.03.2017
News Release

INV Metals Called Investment in Conflict in Ecuador as Local Governments Declare Area Free of Mining

01.03.2017
Blog

In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’

23.02.2017
News Release

280 Organizations with over 180 Million Members Worldwide Tell OceanaGold to Abandon Assault on El Salvador and to “Pack Up and Pay Up”

21.02.2017
News Release

Petition Appeals to Trudeau to Ensure Imperial Metals Faces the Music for Mount Polley Disaster

17.02.2017
News Release

European Report Features Tahoe Resources as a ‘Harmful Investment’, Reveals Billion Dollar Funds Have Divested

09.02.2017
News Release

International Organizations Celebrate Precedent-Setting Step Toward Justice in Civil Suit Against Tahoe Resources in Canada for Violence in Guatemala

27.01.2017
Blog

Canada Needs a Human Rights Ombudsperson for the International Mining, Oil and Gas Sectors

23.01.2017
Blog

"Blood of Extraction" – Ottawa Book Launch with Authors Todd Gordon and Jeffrey R. Webber

04.01.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Urgent Communiqué on the Shutdown of Acción Ecológica

20.12.2016
Blog

Dozens of International Organizations and Networks Call for End to State of Emergency and Militarization in Ecuador's Southern Amazon

19.12.2016
Blog

Canada’s Hollow Human Rights Commitment on Honduras and Human Rights Defenders

15.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Seabed Mining in PNG: Environmental Experiment, False Hope of Economic Returns

14.12.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Creation of a mining ombudsman on horizon, says Liberal MP championing the cause

05.12.2016
News Release

119 Indigenous Women Demand Justice from Barrick Gold at UN Forum in Geneva

16.11.2016
Blog

Video Message from Porgera Women to UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

16.11.2016
Publication

“Canada Is Back” But Still Far Behind

15.11.2016
News Release

Report Calls for New Measures to Prevent and Remedy Harm by Multinational Companies

15.11.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Canadian Mining Harms Around the World: Criminal and Civil Law Reform Needed Now

13.11.2016
Blog

Communities from the District of Chamaca Strike at HudBay Minerals’ Constancia Mine in Cusco, Peru

10.11.2016
Blog

Community members protest damage to homes near Tahoe Resources' mine, fear violent reprisal

08.11.2016
Blog

More than a few bad apples: "Militarized neoliberalism" and the Canadian state in Latin America

07.11.2016
Blog

The Uphill Battle for Justice over Violence at Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Mine in Guatemala

05.11.2016
News Release

New Law Would Create Human Rights Ombudsperson to Investigate Violations Associated with Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Operations Overseas

02.11.2016
News Release

Civil society urges World Bank to withdraw funding from Colombian mining project

01.11.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Violence at Canadian-owned mines turns up heat on Trudeau to create new standards

31.10.2016
News Release

Guatemalans to Appeal Case Against Tahoe Resources in B.C. Court: Reminder that Canada Must Be Open for Justice

31.10.2016
Guest Publication

Protecting Your Community from Mining and Other Extractive Industries

28.10.2016
News Release

There Are No Winners: After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Pac Rim Mining Loses Suit Against El Salvador

14.10.2016
News Release

Advisory: International Tribunal to Issue Long-Awaited Decision on Mining Lawsuit Against El Salvador on Friday, October 14

13.10.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Vancouver Court Clears Way for Slave Labour Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Company To Go To Trial

06.10.2016
Blog

Take Action: Honduran Authorities Should Not Feel Canada's Trust

05.10.2016
Publication

Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

04.10.2016
News Release

Report to UN Committee: Canada Complicit in Mining Companies’ Pervasive Abuses Against Women

04.10.2016
Blog

North Mara, Tanzania – Unanswered questions for Acacia Mining and Barrick Gold

30.09.2016
Blog

International Solidarity with Women in the Fight for Land and the Environment in Latin America

29.09.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Police killed 65, injured 270 at Barrick mine in Tanzania, inquiry hears

26.09.2016
Blog

Two Years Since Ayotzinapa: Mexico Is a Graveyard and Canada is Quarrying for Headstones

26.09.2016
News Release

Tanzanian Government Investigation Receives Hundreds of Reports of Violence and Deaths at North Mara Gold Mine

22.09.2016
News Release

Peruvian Environmental Defender Attacked, Hospitalized

21.09.2016
Blog

The Chevron Case: Debate with Representatives of the Affected Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon

13.09.2016
News Release

On Eve of Enforcement Trial, Canadian Civil Society Calls for Chevron's Assets To Be Frozen So Ecuador Judgment Can Be Paid

07.09.2016
News Release

Ombudsman Finds IFC Failed to Comply with Own Investment Standards on Eco Oro Minerals in Colombia

01.09.2016
Brief

Submission to Canada’s International Assistance Review

25.08.2016
News Release

Ecuadorians Urge Authorities to Declare Fragile Wetlands Free of Mining

16.08.2016
News Release

US Securities and Exchange Commission asked to investigate Tahoe Resources’ failure to disclose secret lawsuits

11.08.2016
Blog

Join MiningWatch at the World Social Forum!

05.08.2016
Blog

Bad News for Eldorado Gold and its Greek Projects

10.07.2016
News Release

Guatemalans Demand Answers from Distastefully-Named Gunpoint Exploration

06.07.2016
Publication

Mining in a State of Impunity: Coerced Negotiations and Forced Displacement by Aura Minerals in Western Honduras

29.06.2016
News Release

Honduran Village Resists Forced Relocation and Exhumations by Canadian Mining Company

29.06.2016
News Release

Barrick Once Again Ignores Human Rights Victims – Peaceful Protest Planned at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea

23.06.2016
Blog

Berta Didn't Die, She Multiplied

16.06.2016
News Release

OceanaGold Not Welcome in El Salvador and the Philippines, Company Told During Toronto Meeting

09.06.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Newfoundland's Sisters of Mercy challenge Potash Corp in board room

25.05.2016
News Release

Is Ivanhoe Mining Informing its Shareholders of Ivanplats’ Real Risks, Liabilities, and Irregularities?

18.05.2016
Blog

Mining Offshore – Jurisdictions, That Is

13.05.2016
Blog

In Need of Repair: Acacia Mining’s Grievance Mechanism at North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania

10.05.2016
News Release

Victims of Violence at Barrick Mines in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania Demand Justice

26.04.2016
News Release

Latin American organizations hope for stronger accountability of Canadian mining overseas

25.04.2016
News Release

Canada Has Blood On Its Hands; Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign Policy

21.04.2016
Blog

Urgent Action: What Does Aura Minerals Have to Hide?

17.04.2016
News Release

Canadian Delegation to Participate in the International Gathering Celebrating the Life of Berta Cáceres in Honduras

12.04.2016
News Release

Advisory: Ottawa Event and Media Availability – Indigenous Rights, the Environment, and "Free Trade" Agreements

08.04.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Report: Canadian fertilizer companies behind near all controversial trade with occupied Western Sahara

08.04.2016
Blog

Honduras: Criminalization and Threats to Community Cemetery in Copán Persist

29.03.2016
Blog

Zacualpan's Struggle: A Video Series about Territorial Defence in Mexico

24.03.2016
Publication

Report - Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador

23.03.2016
News Release

Report - Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador

23.03.2016
Blog

Another Indigenous Leader Killed in Honduras, Canadian Organizations say Enough is Enough

18.03.2016
Publication

Barrick Consultant Delivers Biased Report on Inequitable Remedy Mechanism for Rape Victims

15.03.2016
News Release

Organizations condemn Eco Oro Minerals’ warning that it could sue Colombia over water protection measures

14.03.2016
News Release

NGOs Warn: ‘Companies Duck Responsibility for Abuse Because of Flawed Human Rights Guidance, Lack of Independent Oversight’

09.03.2016
Blog

Honour Berta with Action

08.03.2016
Blog

Assassination of Berta Cáceres

03.03.2016
Blog

Community Fears Toronto-based Aura Minerals Preparing to Illegally Remove Cemetery in Honduras with Military Support

12.02.2016
Blog

Thousands Protest HudBay Minerals’ Constancia Mine in Peru, Force Company to the Table

28.01.2016
Presentation

Extraterritorial Obligations and Private Actors

27.01.2016
Blog

Communities Announce Protest Against HudBay Minerals’ Constancia Project in Peru

25.01.2016
News Release

Time to Axe the Conservative Government’s Ineffective CSR Counsellor Office

22.01.2016
News Release

NGOs Urge RCMP To Investigate Kinross Over Reports of Corruption in Africa

10.12.2015
News Release

Tahoe Resources’ Former Security Manager Turns Fugitive

01.12.2015
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #39 – Autumn 2015

27.11.2015
News Release

Broken Bones and Broken Promises: Barrick Gold Fails to Address Ongoing Violence at Tanzania Mine

17.11.2015
News Release

B.C. Supreme Court Stays Lawsuit against Tahoe Resources, Denies Justice in Canada for Guatemalan Victims

17.11.2015
News Release

State of Fear and Terror Deliberately Created to Force Tahoe Resources’ Mine on Guatemalan Communities – Report

11.11.2015
News Release

International Organizations Denounce Violence Against Indigenous Community in Mexico; Community Seeks Answers from Teck Resources

06.11.2015
News Release

Strateco’s Lawsuit: Quebec Must Stand Up To Uranium & Nuclear Lobbies

03.11.2015
News Release

Upcoming ‘Under Siege’ Speaking Tour: Peaceful Resistance to Canadian Mining and Militarization in Guatemala

02.11.2015
News Release

Impunity Reigns, History Repeats: Anti-Mining Activist Survives Second Armed Attack

22.10.2015
Blog

Ottawa, we have a problem

13.10.2015
Blog

Fears of Contamination of Drinking Water of Turkey’s Third Largest City Fuel Opposition to Eldorado Gold’s Efemçukuru Mine

09.10.2015
News Release

Agrarian Authorities from Guerrero, Mexico, say Canadian Mining Companies Need a Reality Check

07.10.2015
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold urged to come clean on rape victims' compensation

29.09.2015
News Release

World’s First Deep Sea Mining Proposal Ignores Consequences for Oceans

28.09.2015
Blog

Too Much To Ask? Put mining justice on the foreign policy leaders’ debate

28.09.2015
Blog

Supreme Court of Canada Affirms International Enforcement of the Law, Allows Ecuadorans to Pursue Chevron Assets in Canada

26.09.2015
News Release

Canadian Mining Puts Lives and Democracy at Risk in the Americas – Report

21.09.2015
Publication

In the National Interest? Criminalization of Land and Environment Defenders in the Americas

21.09.2015
News Release

Report Questions Legitimacy of Memorandum Between Barrick Gold and Diaguita Indigenous Communities

15.09.2015
Blog

Crumbling Political Support for Tahoe Resources in Guatemala

14.09.2015
Blog

Canadian Mining Undermines Democracy in Central America

24.08.2015
Blog

Good Riddance Infinito Gold, A Long Overdue Farewell to Costa Rica

22.07.2015
Blog

In Wake of Guatemala Corruption Scandals, Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Licence Faces Legal Challenge

14.07.2015
Blog

Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights re: Barrick Gold’s Grievance Mechanism at Porgera Mine

13.07.2015
News Release

Nautilus Minerals: Investor and Shareholder Alert

16.06.2015
Blog

Canadian Mine Among Sites of Gross Human Rights Violations in Eritrea – UN Report

09.06.2015
Blog

Urgent Action: Mexican Human Rights Defender Faces Dire Threats

04.06.2015
Blog

Mokopane Residents Picket Canadian High Commission in South Africa to Protest Ivanhoe Mines

21.05.2015
News Release

IFC Boosts Investment in Contested Canadian Mining Project in Colombia Despite Ongoing Investigation

12.05.2015
News Release

Stop the Suits Tour: International Investment Agreements Threaten People and the Environment from El Salvador to Canada

05.05.2015
News Release

No Silver Lining for Eldorado Gold's Certej Project in Romania: Top reasons to stay away

30.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Sale of Canadian Uranium to India Denounced by International Experts at the World Uranium Symposium

15.04.2015
News Release

Tahoe Resources’ Administrative Manager Detained on Charges of Industrial Contamination

15.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Indigenous Peoples File for Injunctions Against Mining Concessions in Mexico

14.04.2015
Blog

How a quasi-military project was created to protect Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine

10.04.2015
News Release

Wiretap Transcripts Raise Troubling Questions About Tahoe Resources' Militarized Security

07.04.2015
News Release

Barrick Settlement on Rapes and Killings in Papua New Guinea Proof that Victims Need Independent Legal Counsel

03.04.2015
News Release

Canadian Mining Company Eldorado Gold Devastates Greek Communities, Uses the Netherlands, Barbados to Avoid Tax

30.03.2015
News Release

Mexican Network Deplores Conclusion of Canadian Investigation into Blackfire in Chicomuselo, Chiapas

11.03.2015
News Release

New Federal CSR Counsellor an “Industry Man” – Weak Mandate Remains

03.03.2015
Blog

Honduran organizations fight to have Canadian-backed mining law declared unconstitutional

26.02.2015
Blog

Canadian Embassy went too far to protect mining company interests in Mexico, critics say

25.02.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Community Responds to Report Revealing Complicity of Canadian Embassy in Excellon Violations against La Sierrita

25.02.2015
News Release

Government Documents Reveal Canadian Embassy Backed Mining Abuses in Mexico

25.02.2015
Publication

Unearthing Canadian Complicity: Excellon Resources, the Canadian Embassy and the Violation of Land and Labour Rights in Durango, Mexico

25.02.2015
Blog

Discredited Fraser Institute Mining Survey Resurfaces

24.02.2015
Blog

"Mining if necessary, but not necessarily mining"

23.02.2015
News Release

Out-of-Court Settlement Good for Some Tanzanian Villagers – But Many Others Hindered from Participation by Barrick’s Grievance Mechanism

09.02.2015
Blog

Honduran Organizations Demand Support for Farming Not Mining in Protest of World Bank Sponsored Event

09.02.2015
News Release

Norwegian Fund Divests from Tahoe Resources, Canadian and U.S. Investors Urged to Follow Suit

03.02.2015
Blog

Speculation Over Delayed ‘Three Amigos’ Meeting Forgets Ayotzinapa, Avoids Tough Questions for Mexico and Canada

22.01.2015
News Release

International NGOs Call for Transparency in Murder Investigation of Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader

19.01.2015
News Release

Tahoe Resources’ Former Security Manager To Be Tried in Guatemalan Court

18.12.2014
Blog

José Tendetza's murder is more blood on Canada's hands

18.12.2014
Blog

Philippine Province’s Lawsuit against Barrick Gold Could End Up in Canada

07.12.2014
Brief

Privatized Remedy and Human Rights: Re-thinking Project-Level Grievance Mechanisms

01.12.2014
Blog

Book review: Leviathans at the Gold Mine: Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea

28.11.2014
Blog

Five Years After Mariano Abarca Was Murdered for his Resistance Against Blackfire Exploration, We Demand Justice!

27.11.2014
Blog

Lawyers Say Barrick Thwarts Access to Justice for Victims of Violence

27.11.2014
MiningWatch in the News

Feds move toward protecting Canada’s ‘brand’ in foreign mining operations

22.11.2014
News Release

Canada’s CSR Strategy for Extractives 2.0 – Government Acknowledges Power to Act, Declines to Do So

14.11.2014
Blog

Do No Harm, Canada

14.11.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Peruvian Community Denounces HudBay Minerals for Human Rights Violations over Constancia Project

11.11.2014
MiningWatch in the News

Blood for gold: The human cost of Canada’s ‘free trade’ with Honduras

10.11.2014
News Release

Barrick Faces Court in London

05.11.2014
MiningWatch in the News

Canada Accused of Failing to Prevent Overseas Mining Abuses

31.10.2014
Blog

‘Cracks’ in Canadian Policy for Overseas Mining, Evidence of an Abyss

30.10.2014
News Release

Edgewater Exploration's Spanish Subsidiary in Critical Economic Situation

30.10.2014
Blog

Enabling Canadian Mining at Any Cost in Latin America

27.10.2014
Publication

Mining and Resettlement of Communities in Ghana: Exposing the harm caused by forced displacement and relocation

25.10.2014
News Release

Washington, D.C. hearing to spotlight the Canadian Government’s failure to prevent harm and ensure justice for mining-affected communities abroad

23.10.2014
Brief

Brief on Concerns Related to Project-Level Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms

23.10.2014
Blog

Mount Polley and the Failure of Compliance

21.10.2014
News Release

Supreme Court Should Not Impose Additional Hurdles for Indigenous Peoples Harmed by Transnational Corporations Trying to Access Justice

20.10.2014
Blog

Witness for the Indefensible: A Cheat Sheet for Kevin McArthur on Tahoe Resources’ Tactics to Silence Opposition in Guatemala

17.10.2014
News Release

Guatemalan Prosecutor Summons Tahoe Resources CEO to Testify about Criminalization of Community Leaders

17.10.2014
News Release

Organizations Alert World Bank to Risks of Colombian Mining Investment

16.10.2014
News Release

Canada Refuses to Take Action Against Abuses by Mining Project in Ecuador

15.10.2014
Blog

Copper in Quesnel Lake, One of Many Concerns in Aftermath of Mount Polley Tailings Spill

08.10.2014
News Release

Ottawa Groups Ask Australian High Commissioner to Support El Salvador over Mining Conflict with Australian Firm OceanaGold

18.09.2014
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick Gold refuses to relocate villagers who suffer murder, rape and house burning

12.09.2014
News Release

Increased Violence at Barrick’s Porgera Mine: Indigenous Ipili send Envoy from Papua New Guinea to Canada

11.09.2014
News Release

Tens of Thousands Call On OceanaGold to Drop its Suit Against El Salvador as Secret Hearings Begin at World Bank Tribunal

10.09.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Secwepemc First Nation Evicts Imperial Metals

22.08.2014
Blog

Catastrophic Tailings Spill at Mount Polley Mine

08.08.2014
News Release

Violence Ongoing at Barrick Mine in Tanzania: MiningWatch Canada and RAID (UK) Complete Human Rights Assessment

05.08.2014
Blog

HudBay Responds to Our Report on its Environmental and Human Rights Track Record

23.07.2014
Blog

No Small Coup: The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement

14.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Taseko Mines CEO Hallbauer Requested to Stop Slander

10.07.2014
News Release

Canadian Mining Watchdog Warns Arizonans of HudBay Minerals’ Poor Track Record on Pollution and Human Rights

10.07.2014
Blog

Urgent Action: Guatemalan government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site

07.07.2014
Blog

Guatemalan Government Moves to Expel Witnesses to Police Violence at US-Canadian Mine Site

07.07.2014
News Release

Human Rights Organizations Urge Canada to Take Action Against Corporate Abuses in Ecuador

27.06.2014
News Release

Lawsuit Against Tahoe Resources a Wake Up Call for Investors and Canadians

18.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Glencore’s Ruthless Cost-cutting Harms Communities in the Congo, Say NGOs

18.06.2014
Blog

Background: Tahoe Resources, Goldcorp and Mining Conflict in Guatemala

17.06.2014
MiningWatch in the News

Mining watchdog claims landowners ignored in Porgera

13.06.2014
News Release

Villagers' Houses Burnt Down Again at Barrick Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea

11.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Human Rights and Environmental Organizations Denounce De Facto State of Emergency in Intag, Ecuador

10.06.2014
Blog

Canada’s Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Up in the Air Yet Again

27.05.2014
Blog

Groups Rally on Parliament Hill to Demand Ombudsman for Extractive Industries

27.05.2014
Blog

Canadian Mining Investment Benefits Eritrea’s Repressive Regime

21.05.2014
News Release

Barrick Gold Hit with Quebec Class Action - Follows Shareholder Suits in Ontario and US

16.05.2014
News Release

Sixteen-year old girl murdered in continued violence associated with Tahoe Resources' mine – Canada Pension Plan urged to divest

07.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Ejido Carrizallillo Announces Agreement with Goldcorp, Ending 33-Day Strike

03.05.2014
News Release

International Organizations Demand Justice in Deadly Attack Against Opponents of Tahoe Resources' Mine

30.04.2014
News Release

Mexican Landowners Demand Respect from Goldcorp as Blockade at ‘Los Filos’ Mine Enters Fifth Week

30.04.2014
News Release

Barrick Financial Woes Related to Human Rights and Environmental Abuses Raised by Protestors at Yearly AGMs – Shareholders Should Pay Attention!

30.04.2014
Blog

Response to African Barrick Gold re: non-judicial grievance mechanisms at North Mara, Tanzania

22.04.2014
Brief

MiningWatch's Concerns Related to Project-Level Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms

11.04.2014
Blog

Ejido Carrizalillo Denounces Insults and Rejects Goldcorp’s Austerity Offer for New Lease at Los Filos

11.04.2014
News Release

International Coalition Supports El Salvador in Battle Against Canadian Mining Company

08.04.2014
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Call on Goldcorp to Negotiate in Good Faith with the Ejido Carrizalillo or to Initiate Mine Closure Plan

07.04.2014
Blog

Sixteen Canadian and US organizations send letter of solidarity to Ejido Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico

05.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Community to File Suit for Restoration of Lands as Goldcorp Refuses Dignified Terms at Los Filos Mine

04.04.2014
Blog

Local Community Shuts Down Goldcorp's Los Filos Mine in Mexico; Company Claims It Was Suspended on Purpose

03.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Local Landowners to Shut Down Goldcorp Operations at Los Filos, Guerrero Following Breakdown in Land Rental Negotiations

31.03.2014
Blog

Canadian Development Aid No Longer Tied – Just Shackled to Corporate Mining Interests

27.03.2014
Brief

A Pattern of Abuse: Human Rights at Risk at African Barrick's North Mara Mine in Tanzania

26.03.2014
Blog

New Salvadoran Government Inherits Unfair Liability Thanks to Investment Rules

18.03.2014
Publication

New Study Debunks Mining Company “Falsehoods” Regarding El Salvador

17.03.2014
News Release

‘On the Road for Justice’ Speaking Tour to Bring Attention to Guatemala Mining Conflict, Need for Remedy in Canada

12.03.2014
News Release

Four Years After Submitting Evidence, Organizations Challenge Anti-Corruption Law as Ineffective

10.03.2014
News Release

New Federally Funded Academic Institute a Tool to Support Mining Industry

04.03.2014
Blog

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
News Release

World Bank Investment in Eco Oro Minerals in Colombia to be Audited

04.07.2013
News Release

Canadian Organizations Welcome First Step Toward Extractive Industry Transparency; Further Mandatory Measures Needed for Real Accountability

13.06.2013
News Release

International Condemnation for Barrick Gold’s Effort to Seek Immunity from Legal Action by Rape Victims

06.06.2013
Blog

Global Condemnation of Barrick’s Effort to Secure Legal Immunity from Rape Victims

04.06.2013
Blog

Canadian Ambassadors, or Ambassadors for Canadian Mining Companies?

04.06.2013
Blog

Alternative Mining Indaba Brings Community Perspective to South African Mining Debates

04.06.2013
News Release

Complaint Asks Ontario Securities Commission to Investigate Tahoe Resources After Wiretap Evidence Implicates Employees in Violence at Guatemala Mine

03.06.2013
News Release

Greek Delegation Asks Canadians to Help Stop Canadian Mining Company Eldorado Gold

30.05.2013
News Release

Chilean Organizations Call Ruling on Barrick's Pascua Lama Project 'Dangerous Precedent'

25.05.2013
Blog

Background on Eldorado Gold’s Proposed Mines in Northern Greece

24.05.2013
News Release

Violence Around Eldorado Gold's Mining Projects in Northern Greece Brings Critics to Canada

24.05.2013
Publication

More Shine Than Substance: How RJC certification fails to create responsible jewelry

22.05.2013
News Release

Industry-controlled Responsible Jewellery Council Fails to Fulfil Promise of Preventing Conflict Diamonds and Dirty Gold

22.05.2013
Blog

Barrick Under Global Pressure to Withdraw Conditions on Remedy for PNG Rape Victims

14.05.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

OECD Complaint Filed Against ENRC Regarding Mining Communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

13.05.2013
News Release

Tahoe Resources Investor Alert Calls Guatemala Project a Dangerous Investment

08.05.2013
News Release

Report Reveals How Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project

06.05.2013
Publication

Corruption, Murder and Canadian Mining in Mexico: The Case of Blackfire Exploration and the Canadian Embassy

06.05.2013
Blog

Gold and Democracy Don’t Mix – Eldorado Gold Faces Determined Opposition in Greece

02.05.2013
Blog

‘We rent our land, not our dignity’

30.04.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Landowners in Toronto to Demand Accountability from Excellon Resources for Abuses

30.04.2013
News Release

Barrick Seeks Immunity from Rape Victims at its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea

24.04.2013
News Release

Groups Warn Infinito Gold re: Continued Threats Against Costa Rica Over Crucitas Gold Project

16.04.2013
News Release

Guatemala: Tahoe's Mining Licence Approved in Wake of Violence; Investigation into Murder Pending

08.04.2013
Blog

Letter to UN Commissioner for Human Rights re: Barrick Gold's "grievance" procedure for victims of rape by security guards at the Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea

23.03.2013
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Call for investigation and company departure in response to recurring violence in area of Canadian-owned silver project

20.03.2013
News Release

Guatemala’s Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining

15.03.2013
Blog

Sisters of the Siria Valley, We Support Your Struggle for Justice and Health

08.03.2013
Blog

New Investment Agreements Show Canadian Commitment to Africa Mining Vision a Hollow Promise

06.03.2013
News Release

Innovative Play Puts Spotlight on Violence at Canadian Mine in Guatemala: Ottawa Theatre Presentation Echoes Toronto Lawsuit

04.03.2013
Blog

Resistance When Land and Life Are in Peril: Guatemalan Human Rights Defender Speaks in Canada

28.02.2013
News Release

Canadian and US Organizations Call for Investigation into Recent Violence at Canadian Owned Mines in Guatemala

28.02.2013
News Release

Upcoming Event: Defending Dissent when Life and Land are in Peril

21.02.2013
Blog

Globe and Mail Proclaims on Rapes in Papua New Guinea

15.02.2013
News Release

Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick

30.01.2013
News Release

Honduran Mining Law Passed and Ratified, but the Fight is Not Over

24.01.2013
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Visits Demolished Protest Camp near Excellon Resources’ Mine in Durango, Mexico

03.12.2012
Blog

Canada’s Development Aid Dollars at Odds with Communities

26.11.2012
Blog

Guatemala’s ‘Goldcorp Law’

26.11.2012
Blog

Corporations Fight Against Access to Domestic Courts for Harm Caused Overseas

26.11.2012
Blog

Ghanaian Farmers Run Out of Patience with Kinross/Chirano Gold Mines

26.11.2012
News Release

Poor Mining Companies? Parliamentary Committee Report Calls for CIDA Giveaway to Canadian Corporations

08.11.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

No Justice in Canada for Congolese Massacre Victims as Supreme Court of Canada Dismisses Leave to Appeal

01.11.2012
News Release

International Solidarity with Families of Murdered Mining Activists Opposed to MAG Silver in Chihuahua, México

31.10.2012
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Protest camp at Excellon Resources' La Platosa mine violently destroyed

24.10.2012
News Release

Aid Money Should Not Be Used to Support Australian Mining Interests in Africa

18.10.2012
Blog

Green Mining or Green Washing? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mining Sector in Canada

17.10.2012
Blog

Maria Cuc Choc: communities face violence related to mining in El Estor, Guatemala

02.10.2012
News Release

Canadian Parliamentarians Meet with Guatemalan Legislators on Goldcorp’s Ticket

11.09.2012
News Release

North American organizations call for stop to criminalization of rights advocates in Guatemala

06.09.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Excellon Hires Ottawa Lobbyist; Mexican Government Sends in Army

31.08.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Army and Police Use Force to Break Community's Protest, Enter Excellon's La Platosa Mine

29.08.2012
News Release

Goldcorp Organizes Junket to Guatemala for Canadian Parliamentarians

28.08.2012
News Release

Chile: Communities and Government Officials Redraw Borders that Barrick Gold Seeks to Dissolve

07.08.2012
Blog

Solidarity with Continental Day of Action Against Canadian Resource Extraction

01.08.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Excellon Resources Provokes Break-up of Negotiations with Mexican Landowners, Threatens Violation of Land Rental Contract

26.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

The London Stock Exchange – A Haven for Laundered Conflict Assets?

19.07.2012
News Release

Formal Request Submitted to Ontario Securities Commission for a Full Investigation of Excellon Resources, Inc.

16.07.2012
News Release

World Bank Group Opens Case on Eco Oro Minerals' Gold Mine in Fragile Colombian Wetlands

16.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexico: Excellon and Government of Durango Intimidate and Pressure Communal Landowners to End Peaceful Protest of La Platosa Mine

12.07.2012
Blog

URGENT ACTION (Mexico): Excellon Resources, Inc. Threatens Landowners of La Sierrita with Arrest and Judicial Action

11.07.2012
News Release

Leading Human Rights and Environmental Groups Urge Peru to Halt Repression and Human Rights Abuses Against Mining Protesters

11.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Ejido 'La Sierrita' blockades Excellon Resources’s “La Platosa” mine and stops production

09.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Union Recognition Vote at Excellon Resources' La Platosa Mine Plagued by Intimidation and Irregularities

06.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Talks Falter Between Excellon Resources and Communal Landowners of the Ejido 'La Sierrita'

28.06.2012
News Release

Ecuadorian Communities Welcome IAMGOLD’s Retreat, Warn INV Metals There’s No Social Licence for Quimsacocha

22.06.2012
News Release

Nautilus Seabed Mining Experiment Falters: Dispute with PNG Government, Opposition by Pacific and Canadian Citizens, Financing Woes

20.06.2012
Blog

Canada’s Subsidies to the Mining Industry Don’t Stop at Aid: Political Support Betrays Government Claims of Corporate Social Responsibility

15.06.2012
Blog

The Debate Over Mining and Development Continues...

15.06.2012
Blog

Communities Shouldn’t Pay To Clean Up Goldcorp’s Mess in Central America

15.06.2012
Blog

Mapping Canadian Mining in Latin America: Referendums and Risks

15.06.2012
News Release

Complaint Filed Against World Bank Group for Funding Eco Oro Minerals' Gold Mine in Fragile Colombian Wetlands

13.06.2012
Blog

Pacific Rim Mining Lawsuit Saga Prolonged; Costs Mount for Company and for People of El Salvador

02.06.2012
News Release

Mexican Workers, Landowners File Second Complaint Against Canadian Mining Company Excellon Resources

29.05.2012
Blog

Canadian Human Rights Report on Colombia a ‘Sick Joke’

16.05.2012
Blog

Environmental Defenders in Danger in Mesoamerica

14.05.2012
Blog

Local Votes and Mining in the Americas

14.05.2012
Blog

Mining Injustice Conference: Resisting Extractivism, Lessons and Inspiration from Front-line Communities and Fellow Activists

08.05.2012
Blog

ACTION ALERT: Sherritt Must Be Accountable for All Human and Environmental Damage Caused by the Ambatovy Project

02.05.2012
News Release

International Delegation Sends Strong Message to Goldcorp at Annual Shareholders' Meeting in South Porcupine, Ontario

30.04.2012
Blog

Honduran Congress Consults with Canadian Government and Mining Companies -- But Not Its Own People

25.04.2012
Blog

Goldcorp Shareholders Ask Company to Ensure Full Independent Financing and Disclosure of Closure Plans for Marlin Mine

17.04.2012
News Release

Shareholders Say Guatemalans Should Not Have to Pay for Goldcorp's Mess

17.04.2012
Blog

Canadian Media Misses Castro’s Message

13.04.2012
Blog

Another Mining Horror Story? Sherritt International Corporation’s Ambatovy Project in Madagascar

10.04.2012
News Release

Congolese Victims’ Pursuit of Justice Against Canadian Company Goes to Supreme Court

26.03.2012
Blog

Where Do the NDP Leadership Candidates Stand on Corporate Accountability?

22.03.2012
Blog

Statement Regarding Quebec Court of Appeal Decision in Canadian Association Against Impunity v. Anvil Mining Limited

21.03.2012
News Release

Murder of Indigenous Opponent of Canadian Mine Sparks Protest at Canadian Embassy in Mexico City

21.03.2012
News Release

Two Years On, Canadian Government Silent on Blackfire Case of Corruption and Murder in Chiapas, Mexico

15.03.2012
News Release

Centerra Gold Inc. Flouting Mongolia’s Environmental Protection Laws: Organizations File Complaint with Canadian Government

15.03.2012
Blog

Mexico and Canada uphold impunity in Blackfire case

15.03.2012
Blog

Peruvians Oppose CIDA’s Joint CSR Initiative with Barrick Gold and World Vision

09.03.2012
News Release

Canadian Embassies Bring Journalists to Mining Convention from Countries Mired in Conflict

06.03.2012
Blog

Canadian Mining Overseas: Counter to Development Goals and Discrediting Canada

01.03.2012
Blog

Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

23.02.2012
Blog

Over two hundred organizations from thirty countries raise concerns with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

21.02.2012
Blog

Indigenous leader asks CIDA, World Vision and Barrick not to pursue joint CSR project in Peru

10.02.2012
Blog

CIDA Subsidizes the Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Mining Companies

03.02.2012
Brief

CIDA’s Partnership with Mining Companies Fails to Acknowledge and Address the Role of Mining in the Creation of Development Deficits

29.01.2012
News Release

Argentina: Affected Communities Say No to Osisko

17.01.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Investment Agreement Between Inmet Mining Corporation and Kores/LS-Nikko Cobre Inc. Violates Panamanian Constitution

09.01.2012
Blog

Inmet Ignoring Court Decision Over Panama Project

06.01.2012
News Release

Colombia: Marmato municipal council prohibits open-pit mining and resettlement of historic centre

06.01.2012
Blog

Co-author presents study "Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine”.

05.01.2012
Blog

Video: Co-author presents study "Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine”.

05.01.2012
News Release

Human Rights Commission's Climbdown a Wake-up Call for Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, Not Indicator of Goldcorp’s Performance

05.01.2012
Blog

Defending land and life against an impending train wreck: Canadian mining in Colombia

04.12.2011
Blog

Ghana's Golden Deception

29.11.2011
Blog

Whose development? Mining, local resistance and development agendas

29.11.2011
News Release

Conservative Free Trade Agenda Low On Jobs, Environmental Protection

15.11.2011
Blog

Civil Society Organizations Call On Canadian Mining Companies To Respect the Right to Consent in Colombia

15.11.2011
News Release

Philippine Province Bans Open Pit Mining – Affects TVI Pacific’s Operations

08.11.2011
News Release

Impoverishment, Not Development, Could Be End Result of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala, Says New Study

03.11.2011
Blog

Robert Lovelace Address to Amnesty International, Toronto

01.11.2011
News Release

CSR Counsellor Fails in First Attempt to Resolve Dispute as Excellon Resources Abandons Dialogue

27.10.2011
News Release

Ivanhoe Flees Opposition in the Philippines

18.10.2011
Contribution

Occupying Spaces Created by Conflict: Anthropologists, Development NGOs, Responsible Investment, and Mining

05.10.2011
News Release

Panamanian Group Says CSR Award for Toronto-based Inmet Hinders Best Practices

04.10.2011
MiningWatch in the News

Barrick's Tanzanian project tests ethical mining policies

29.09.2011
News Release

Goldcorp Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index

21.09.2011
Blog

Canadian Mining and the Costs to Workers: Notes on the El Cubo/Local 142 Strike, 2010-2011

20.09.2011
News Release

In Response to Murder of Priest in Colombia, Canadian Civil Society Calls for Stronger Protection of Human Rights Defenders

15.09.2011
Blog

Response from Marmato, Colombia to the murder of Father José Reinel Restrepo

09.09.2011
News Release

Canadian Civil Society Welcomes RCMP Raid on Blackfire Exploration

29.08.2011
News Release

Statement from the Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining Regarding RCMP Raid on Blackfire Offices

29.08.2011
Blog

Gustavo Gómez: Contamination and Corruption

15.08.2011
Blog

Gustavo Gómez: The Alumbrera Mine – A Case in Point

15.08.2011
Blog

Gustavo Gómez: Corporate Donations to Universities

15.08.2011
Blog

Gustavo Gómez on the Right to Protest

15.08.2011
Blog

Gustavo Gómez: Need for an International Tribunal to Address Environmental Crimes

15.08.2011
Blog

Argentine Prosecutor Gustavo Gómez on the Prosecution of Environmental Crimes

15.08.2011
News Release

Guatemala Defies Human Rights Body, Refuses To Suspend Marlin Mine

04.08.2011
Blog

Like Water for Gold in El Salvador

15.07.2011
News Release

Murder in El Salvador Calls Canadian Mining Interests Into Question

20.06.2011
News Release

ACTION ALERT: Student Anti-Mining Activist Assassinated in El Salvador – Call on the Attorney General and the Minister of Security to Investigate!

17.06.2011
Blog

Courting Justice: Victims of mining abuses sue in Canada

06.06.2011
Blog

Having the Ruggie Pulled Out From Under Us: From “Sanction and Remedy” to non-judicial grievance mechanisms

06.06.2011
Blog

MiningWatch and Papua New Guinea Partners File Complaint on Porgera Mine

06.06.2011
Blog

Mining Mongolia: Ivanhoe, T-shirts, NGOs, and Wikileaks

05.06.2011
Blog

Wixárika people deliver letter to Mexican President Calderón and shareholders of First Majestic Silver

20.05.2011
Blog

FPIC: The 'C' stands for 'Consent'

20.05.2011
News Release

Goldcorp Asks Shareholders to Ignore International Consensus to Suspend Operations at its Marlin Mine in Guatemala

19.05.2011
News Release

Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights

17.05.2011
News Release

Canadian Government Abdicates Responsibility to Ensure Respect for Human Rights

16.05.2011
Blog

What You May Not Know About Goldcorp's Marlin Mine in Guatemala

05.05.2011
News Release

Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine

05.05.2011
News Release

Communities in Argentina and Chile Protest While Barrick Gold’s Shareholders Meet in Toronto

27.04.2011
Publication

Barrick’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine – Neither Sustainable, Nor Development

22.04.2011
News Release

Tax Evasion in Zambia: NGOs File Complaint Against Glencore, First Quantum for Violation of OECD Guidelines

12.04.2011
News Release

Three of Four Federal Parties Would Introduce Measures to Curtail Abuses of Mining Companies - Conservatives Continue to Lag Behind Canadians’ Expectations

12.04.2011
Blog

Páramos free of large-scale mining: an obligation of the Colombian authorities

25.03.2011
Blog

Corporate Accountability in Canada - A MiningWatch Archive

25.03.2011
News Release

Shareholders Announce Resolution to Suspend Controversial Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala

22.03.2011
Blog

Goldcorp shareholder resolution asks for suspension of Marlin mine in Guatemala

22.03.2011
Blog

Request for Review of the Operations of Barrick Gold Corp. at the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea

15.03.2011
News Release

First Anniversary Update on Complaint filed with RCMP over Canadian Mining Company’s Apparent Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case

10.03.2011
Blog

Violence Near Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala Underscores Need for Mine Suspension

09.03.2011
News Release

First Nations and Greens Urge Credit Suisse: No Funds for Taseko's Prosperity Mine

07.03.2011
News Release

CIDA Subsidizes Mining’s Social Responsibility Projects

22.02.2011
Blog

Canadian Mining Policy in Practice

12.02.2011
Blog

International Solidarity with El Salvadoran Environmentalists

10.02.2011
Blog

Wikileaks: Weak governance and investor protections make CSR ineffective for overseas operations

09.02.2011
News Release

Human Rights Report Confirms Rapes by Security Guards at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea

01.02.2011
Blog

Comments on the draft UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

31.01.2011
Blog

Urgent Action: Denounce recent wave of death threats and crimes against El Salvadoran anti-mining movement

31.01.2011
Blog

Urgent Action: Protect Vital Wetlands in Colombia from Canadian Mining Project

21.01.2011
Presentation

Corporate Rights Over Human Rights: Canadian mining in Central America

12.01.2011
Blog

Challenging Quebec's Asbestos Exports

07.01.2011
Blog

Undermining human rights: A report back from northwestern Guatemala

22.12.2010
News Release

Project to restart asbestos mine in Quebec: A forest in Australia, a cemetery in India?

09.12.2010
Blog

Bill C-300: Hope for the future

07.12.2010
Blog

Award Winning Mining Company Being Sued for Violent Death of Community Leader: Industry Out of Step with Canadian Values and Expectations

02.12.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Administrative Tribunal Sides With Communities of Northern Costa Rica, Annuls Infinito Gold's Mining Concession

24.11.2010
Blog

Bill C-300 a High Water Mark for Mining and Government Accountability

16.11.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Class Action Filed Against Anvil Mining by Congolese Victims

16.11.2010
Blog

Vale’s Billion Dollar Bonus – Another Example of EDC’s Faulty CSR

15.11.2010
Blog

Vote on Bill C-300 Signals Strong Momentum Towards Regulation of Canadian Mining Industry Overseas

28.10.2010
Blog

Letter from 39 Latin American Human Rights Organizations Supporting Bill C-300

27.10.2010
News Release

Suppressed Report Confirms International Violations by Canadian Mining Companies

18.10.2010
Blog

Declaration in Defence of Wirikuta

13.10.2010
News Release

El Salvador: Tribunal Convicts Marcelo Rivera's Killers

27.09.2010
News Release

Political contributions, DFO letters, raise more questions about BC’s approval of bad mine

24.09.2010
Blog

Military Coups, Mining & Canadian Involvement in Honduras

23.09.2010
Blog

Support for Mining Over Democratic Principles in Papua New Guinea

18.07.2010
Blog

OECD Complaint Filed Against Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines in Mongolia

18.07.2010
Blog

Corruption and Oppression in Chiapas, Mexico

18.07.2010
Blog

Bill C-300 Goes to a Vote this Fall – We Need Your Support!

17.07.2010
Blog

Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Inc.'s Marlin Mine in Guatemala; Threats Against Local Leaders Escalate

13.07.2010
Blog

Urgent Action: Support legislation to impose standards on Canadian government support for mining companies operating internationally

01.07.2010
News Release

Guatemala Suspends Marlin mine - Human rights and environmental organizations applaud the decision, urge President Colom’s government to protect communities against retaliation

24.06.2010
News Release

Judge Rules that Canadian Ambassador Slandered Documentary Video Maker – Both Ambassador and Canadian Government ordered to pay almost $10,000 in damages and costs

17.06.2010
Blog

Testimony on Bill C-300 at Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 8, 2010

08.06.2010
Blog

Andalgalá community wants Canadian company Yamana Gold to cease operations

27.04.2010
News Release

Canadian Fact-finding Delegation Discovers Mexican Community Devastated by Mining Activities of Blackfire Exploration

21.04.2010
Blog

Make the Canadian Mining Industry More Accountable

25.03.2010
News Release

Groups File Documentation with RCMP on Canadian Mining Company’s Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case

10.03.2010
Blog

Bill C-300 – Private Member's Bill Promotes Industry and Government Accountability

05.01.2010
Blog

The Government’s New “CSR Counsellor” for the Extractive Sector

05.01.2010
Blog

The Cordillera del Condor – Ecuador and Peru Turn On Their Own Peoples

05.01.2010
News Release

Another Protester Against Pacific Rim Mining Corporation's El Dorado Project Assassinated in El Salvador - Second Community Activist Killed in Less Than a Week

28.12.2009
Blog

Canada-Ecuador: When Stock Exchanges Fuel Human Rights Violations

24.12.2009
News Release

Mining and Jewelry Industry Self Certification System Falls Short

21.12.2009
News Release

Documents Show Corruption and Intimidation by Canadian Mining Firm Blackfire in Its Mexican operations – Ottawa Must Investigate Immediately

18.12.2009
News Release

Guatemalan Community Leaders ask Canadian Government to Investigate Human Rights Violations Allegedly Committed by Goldcorp Inc. at Marlin Mine

09.12.2009
News Release

Mexican Activist Murdered for Opposing Canadian Mining Company - Killing Sparks Protest at Canadian Embassy in Mexico City

03.12.2009
Blog

Mining Day on the Hill - What you should know about mining and Canadian mining companies

23.11.2009
News Release

Mexicans Celebrate End of New Gold Inc.’s Cerro de San Pedro Mine - Criminal and civil proceedings to begin against company management in Mexico and Canada

19.11.2009
Presentation

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Presentation Regarding Bill C-300

17.11.2009
News Release

Mexico To Shut Down New Gold’s Cerro de San Pedro Mine - Canadian Parliamentarians and Mexican Congress members urge company to comply with the law

12.11.2009
News Release

Canadian Company Accused of Disobeying Court, Misleading Shareholders - Citizens’ group argues New Gold violated disclosure rules in a complaint lodged with BC Securities Commission

10.11.2009
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Position Statement on Bill C-300

16.10.2009
Publication

Land and Conflict: Resource Extraction, Human Rights, and Corporate Social Responsibility - Canadian Companies in Colombia

01.10.2009
Blog

Urgent Action: Threats and Violence Against Community Leaders in Cabañas, El Salvador

21.08.2009
Blog

Sudbury Vale Inco Workers Striking to Maintain Hard-Won Benefits

18.08.2009
Blog

URGENT ACTION: Bill C-300 – Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas Corporations in Developing Countries

18.08.2009
Friends of MiningWatch

Panamanian Organisations and Communities Unite Against Open-Pit Mining

01.06.2009
Blog

Backgrounder: Issues Related to Barrick’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine in Papua New Guinea

17.05.2009
News Release

MiningWatch Appeals to U.N. over Human Rights Abuses Related to Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea

08.05.2009
News Release

Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea, Chile Raise Serious Human Rights and Environmental Concerns Around Barrick Gold Operations

06.05.2009
News Release

Amnesty International Issues Action Alert on Bill C-300

20.04.2009
Blog

What Role for Canada in the Americas? Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries

05.04.2009
News Release

Government Squanders Opportunity to Hold Extractive Companies to Account

26.03.2009
News Release

Norwegian Pension Fund Excludes Barrick Gold on Ethical Grounds

02.02.2009
Blog

Meeting with Partners at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea

04.01.2009
News Release

Petaquilla: Panamanian Rainforest, Communities Threatened by Mining

04.01.2009
Blog

Letter to Shareholder Group re: Human Rights Impact Assessment for Goldcorp's Guatemala Mine

15.12.2008
Blog

Modernizing Mining in Ontario

15.12.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

IUCN Assembly Opposes Mining In Central America

11.12.2008
Blog

Pacific Rim Files Notice of Intent to Seek CAFTA Arbitration

09.12.2008
News Release

Alert to Investors re: Petaquilla Minerals and the Molejón Gold Mine in Panama

18.11.2008
News Release

First Ever in Latin America: Mining Corporation Charged with “Crimes Against the Environment” in Argentina

18.06.2008
News Release

Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea linked to grave human rights abuses, environmental impacts

12.05.2008
Blog

Investing in Conflict - Public Money, Private Gain: Goldcorp in the Americas

04.05.2008
News Release

Publication of Congo mining contract review welcome; renegotiations should be fair and transparent

25.03.2008
News Release

NGOs fear that Congolese mining contract review process has been hijacked: Time for authorities in Europe, North America to act

04.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Landowners Blockade Excellon Resources' Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico After Company Fails to Respond to Demands

23.01.2008
Blog

Xstrata Faces Growing Criticism Over Koniambo Nickel Project in Kanaky-New Caledonia

21.01.2008
Blog

Urgent Appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteurs Regarding Human Rights Abuses at Porgera Mine

02.12.2007
News Release

Open Letter to His Excellency President Martín Torrijos Espino

30.11.2007
Blog

Breaching Indigenous Law: Canadian Mining in Guatemala

14.11.2007
Blog

Summary Review of Skye Resources’ Technical Report on an Update to the Fenix Project, Izabal, Guatemala

30.10.2007
Blog

Frequently Asked Questions

31.08.2007
Blog

Discrimination against the Subanon of the Philippines in the context of large-scale gold mining on their ancestral domain.

17.08.2007
News Release

Request for Solidarity and Support: Highest Turkish Court Closes Canadian Eldorado

26.07.2007
Blog

Canadian Mining Investment in Southeast Ecuador Exacerbates Divisions, Conflicts

18.07.2007
News Release

Prime Minister’s Controversial Visit to Santiago: Time for Barrick Gold, But Not for Communities

17.07.2007
Blog

The New El Dorado by Tibor Kocis

14.06.2007
Blog

Dirty Business, Dirty Practices: How the Federal Government Supports Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Abroad

16.05.2007
Friends of MiningWatch

Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Protest Gold Mining Impacts Around the World

02.05.2007
News Release

Ecuador’s Toisan Range Threatened by Copper Mining Project - Immediate Action Needed on Roundtable Report

18.04.2007
News Release

An Important Step Forward: The Final Report of the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries

18.04.2007
Blog

Declarations of Oruro Gathering on Environmental Justice and Mining in Latin America

09.04.2007
News Release

Groundbreaking Report on Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Released: Civil Society and Industry Representatives Agree on Good Overseas Practices

29.03.2007
Blog

Halifax Initiative Publishes Canadian Mining Map

21.02.2007
News Release

Watchdogs Call For Immediate Ban on Mine Waste Dumping

13.02.2007
Blog

Mining Investors and the Tax System

02.02.2007
Blog

Community Leaders from Indonesia, Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Canada Discuss Struggles Against Inco

02.02.2007
Blog

Digging for Potash, Mining Companies Encounter An Iron Will

29.01.2007
News Release

Opposition Surges to Romanian Gold Project Propaganda

23.01.2007
Blog

Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala

17.01.2007
Blog

Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala

17.01.2007
News Release

Organisations Challenge Ascendant Copper’s Claims Regarding Junín Mining Project

21.12.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Urgent Action in Support of the Civilian Population of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

21.12.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Costa Rican Constitutional Court Upholds Cancellation of Crucitas Gold Mining Permit

06.12.2006
Blog

Declaration of the Indigenous World Uranium Summit

04.12.2006
Blog

Transnational Mining Tribunal: The Case of Barrick Gold Corporation in Latin America (Chile, Argentina and Peru)

02.12.2006
Presentation

The Social Licence to Mine: Passing the Test

14.11.2006
News Release

Vannessa Ventures Drops Defamation Charges Against Costa Rican Environmentalist

24.10.2006
Blog

Kanak-led Opposition to Goro Nickel Widens in New Caledonia

24.10.2006
News Release

Life Before Profit! Development and Peace Kicks Off Two Year Campaign on Mining

24.10.2006
News Release

TVI Pacific Again Implicated in Forced Evictions at its Canatuan Project in the Philippines

24.10.2006
News Release

Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and Canada’s Extractive Sector Wrapping Up

24.10.2006
News Release

Panel Recommends Alcan Bauxite Project in India Be Abandoned

16.10.2006
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Files Complaint About Misrepresentation to Investors by bcMetals

14.09.2006
Guest Publication

Assessment of the Rosia Montana Environmental Impact Assessment Report with a focus on water and water quality-related issues

21.08.2006
News Release

Ontario Securities Commission asked to investigate Platinex

16.08.2006
Blog

From San Félix to Rodeo: A Letter for the Resistance

15.08.2006
News Release

Political Assassinations Increase Sharply in Philippines; Links to Mining Opposition

19.07.2006
Blog

Indigenous Kanaks Take On Inco in New Caledonia

19.07.2006
News Release

MiningWatch Participates in Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility, Canadian Extractive Sector in Developing Countries

19.07.2006
Blog

New Book: Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility: Canadian Mining and Oil Companies in Latin America

19.07.2006
News Release

Papua New Guinea Conducts Flawed Investigation of Killings at Barrick Mine

10.07.2006
Blog

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

07.07.2006
Blog

The Real Blunder of Pascua Lama

06.07.2006
Blog

Canadian Roundtables on the Extractive Industries

12.06.2006
Blog

Campaign against Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama project

01.06.2006
News Release

“No Means No to Ascendant Copper in Ecuador” Campaign Launched: Communities Call for Cancellation of Canadian Mining Company

03.05.2006
News Release

Goro Protestors Face Judge Today: Demonstrators Pledge Support for Ongoing Indigenous and Environmental Struggle Against Mine

02.05.2006
News Release

Thai Villagers Threatened with Arrest for Opposing Potash Mine

30.04.2006
News Release

Environmental Failures at Inco's Goro Mine Reinforce Kanak Concerns

27.04.2006
Blog

Placer Dome Admits to Killings at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea

08.04.2006
Blog

Kinross Gold and Katanga Mining: Part of the Pillage of the Democratic Republic of Congo?

08.04.2006
Blog

Chalatenango Communities Step Up Resistance to Au Martinique

08.04.2006
News Release

Inco’s Goro Site Blockaded Again by Indigenous Kanaks: French Troops Respond with Violent Action

03.04.2006
Blog

From San Marcos to Colombia: The Regional Integration of Gold and Bullets

31.03.2006
Blog

Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay re: Kinross-Forrest Joint Venture in D.R. Congo

17.03.2006
Blog

Open Letter to Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Opposing Approval of Pascua Lama Project

07.02.2006
Blog

Summary of Findings from Environmental Studies of Calancan Bay related to Surface Disposal Dumping of Mine Tailings into the Bay from the Tapian Pit of the Marcopper Mine

03.02.2006
Blog

"Canadian Mining Companies in the Developing World" - Presentation to Engineers Without Borders' 5th Annual Conference

20.01.2006
News Release

Voluntary Corporate Standards Fail Again: Environmental Organizations Withdraw Complaint Against Ascendant Copper

16.01.2006
Blog

Barrick Gold Faces Determined Opposition at Pascua Lama and Veladero

21.12.2005
Blog

Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Operating Internationally - October 2005 Conference

21.12.2005
Blog

Technical Review of the El Dorado Mine Project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), El Salvador

07.12.2005
News Release

Annual Day for Industry to Mine Canadians’ Pockets: Mining Association of Canada Takes to the Hill Amidst Growing Criticism

22.11.2005
Blog

Water Is More Precious Than Gold: The Pascua Lama Binational (Chile-Argentina) Mining Project

08.11.2005
Blog

Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Operating Internationally: background documents

20.10.2005
News Release

Government fails to take action: Human rights and environmental abuses abroad go unchecked

18.10.2005
News Release

Legal Experts and Prominent Canadians Call for Tougher Stance on Corporate Conduct Abroad

13.10.2005
News Release

MiningWatch to Hold Roundtable on Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Operating Internationally

12.10.2005
News Release

Philippine Province Sues Canadian Mining Giant Placer Dome

04.10.2005
Blog

Philippine Province Files Suit Against Placer Dome – Background

04.10.2005
News Release

Protests and Blockades Continue Against Inco in Indonesia

28.09.2005
Blog

New Caledonia: International Nickel Symposium

07.09.2005
Blog

Protected Areas: Testifying Before Indonesia's Constitutional Court

07.09.2005
Blog

House of Commons Committee tells Government - “Regulate Canadian Mining Companies Abroad - Investigate TVI Pacific in the Philippines

07.09.2005
Blog

Book Review: The Profits of Extermination: How U.S. Corporate Power is Destroying Colombia by Francisco Ramírez Cuellar

07.09.2005
Blog

Peter McCaslin Responds to Asia Pacific Resources' Criticism

31.08.2005
MiningWatch in the News

Mineweb: Ghana winds up for enviro-mining clash

25.08.2005
Blog

Canadian Mining Companies Destroy Environment and Community Resources in Ghana

25.08.2005
News Release

From Paradise to Toxic Wasteland: Oxfam Report Exposes a Canadian Mining Company’s Lack of Corporate Accountability in Philippine Island Mining Disaster

24.08.2005
News Release

Representatives from Siocon, Southern Philippines, Oppose Canadian Mining Company TVI Pacific

13.08.2005
News Release

TVI Faces Social, Political and Environmental Risk in the Philippines: Indigenous Subanon, Muslims, and Other Residents of the Town of Siocon in the Philippines Align Against Canadian Mining Company TVI

13.08.2005
Blog

Philippines-Canada Exchange on Controversial TVI Pacific Mine

13.08.2005
Blog

Police Violence Against the Peoples of Kashipur Must Stop Immediately!

13.08.2005
News Release

Kashipur Alert: Sixteen Tribals, Mostly Women, Critically Injured - Massive Lathicharge on Adivasis: Tense Standoff Between Agitated Tribals and Police in Kashipur

13.08.2005
Blog

Report from the Third International Women and Mining Conference in India

13.08.2005
News Release

Placer Dome at Centre of Growing Controversy in the Philippines over Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD)

12.08.2005
Blog

Backgrounder on Placer Dome in Marinduque, Philippines

12.08.2005
Blog

Sulawesi Communities Reject Inco, Call for Renegotiation of PT Inco's Contract of Work

12.08.2005
Publication

The Legacy of Greenstone Resources in Nicaragua

11.08.2005
News Release

Indigenous Kanaks Blockade Inco’s Goro Site, Demand Hearing from Inco, Government Authorities

10.08.2005
Blog

Asia Pacific Resources Responds to Peter McCaslin

02.08.2005
News Release

Parliamentary Committee Wants the Government of Canada to Stop Supporting Destructive Mining Projects Overseas!

13.07.2005
News Release

Goro Nickel Project Risks Growing Opposition from Unions, Kanak Representatives, Politicians, and Environmental Groups

11.07.2005
Blog

Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: "Mining in Developing Countries -

05.07.2005
News Release

Anvil Mining and the Kilwa Massacre, D.R. Congo: Canadian Company Implicated?

16.06.2005
Blog

MiningWatch Canada responds to threat of a libel and defamation suit

13.06.2005
Blog

Presentation to the Constitutional Court of Indonesia Regarding Mining and the 1999 Forest Act

02.06.2005
News Release

Thai Mining Conflict Feared Fatal

26.05.2005
News Release

OECD Complaint Against Ascendant Copper: Canadian and Ecuadorian Organizations Allege Vancouver-based Ascendant Copper Breached International Corporate Responsibility Standards in Biodiversity Hotspot

18.05.2005
Blog

Somboon Mining Project: A Failure of Democracy in Thailand

08.05.2005
Blog

Pascua Lama Background

17.04.2005
Blog

38th Parliament, 1st Session: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

23.03.2005
Blog

Letter to MiningWatch Canada from TVI Pacific

18.03.2005
Blog

Development for Whom? The Foundations of Corporate Social Irresponsibility

01.03.2005
News Release

High Stakes, Hard Lines Pose Threat to Peace in Udorn Thani

16.02.2005
Blog

Recent History of the Ongoing Struggle by Kanak People to Make Inco Respect Their Rights

10.02.2005
Blog

Brutal Police Action on Tribals in Kashipur: Orissa Government Using Police Force to Start Alumina Plant

01.12.2004
News Release

Trouble in Paradise: Placer Dome Leaves Legacy of Destruction on Tiny Pacific Island

21.09.2004
Blog

Placer Dome and Corporate Social Responsibility

25.08.2004
News Release

INCO Violates Fundamental Rights of New Caledonia's Indigenous Kanak People - Kanak Leaders Visit Shareholders' Meeting

21.04.2004
Blog

Massive mobilization and march to urge Alcan executives and shareholders to pull out of a destructive mining project in Kashipur

14.04.2004
News Release

Paramilitaries Guarding Canadian Mine Shoot Protestors in Philippines

17.03.2004
Friends of MiningWatch

OECD Governments Fail to Investigate Corporate Role in Congo War

17.03.2004
News Release

Indigenous Rights Still Under Attack from Canadian Mining Company in the Philippines

27.12.2003
Blog

United Nations Whitewashes Canadian Mining Companies Operating in Democratic Republic of Congo

27.12.2003
News Release

ALCAN Juggling with the Futures of Marginalized Peoples in India: Three Villagers Already Killed by Violent Repression

10.12.2003
News Release

The winners of the 2003 Dirty Digger Awards have been decided

03.12.2003
News Release

Noranda Retracts Environmental Impact Statement for Alumysa Aluminum Smelter in Chile

19.09.2003
News Release

Kanak Leaders Maintain Pressure on Inco in New Caledonia

19.09.2003
News Release

Landmark 'no-go' pledge from leading mining companies

20.08.2003
Blog

Communiqué issued by the Rhéébù Nùù Committee

19.08.2003
News Release

Increased Human Rights Abuses Around TVI Pacific's Philippines Operation

07.07.2003
News Release

Chilean Activist Builds Solidarity with Canadian Noranda Workers, Students, and Politicians

03.06.2003
News Release

Thai Government Reviews Granting Mining Lease to Canadian Potash Company - Hundreds of Villagers Visit Industry Ministry

02.05.2003
Blog

INCO's Scott Hand Visits New Caledonia

04.04.2003
News Release

INCO Closes Goro Nickel for Financial Review; Kanak leaders call for opening negotiations

19.03.2003
News Release

Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) Pledges Its Support to the Kanak People of New Caledonia

18.03.2003
News Release

TVI Under Fire in the Philippines

23.02.2003
News Release

Thai Villagers Blockade Asia Pacific Resources

23.02.2003
Blog

Will Rising Closure Costs Sink Placer Dome?

14.02.2003
Blog

Project for Ecological Recovery - letter to International Finance Corporation (IFC)

03.02.2003
Blog

New Caledonia Factsheet

08.01.2003
News Release

Thousands of Thai Villagers Protest Canadian Potash Mine

23.12.2002
Blog

LEAT Responds to CAO Bulyanhulu Report

02.12.2002
News Release

Thailand: Canadian Potash Company Faces Opposition

30.11.2002
News Release

New Caledonia: Inco Faces Protests, Delays

30.11.2002
Publication

Looking Beneath the Surface: An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada

29.10.2002
News Release

Canadian Potash Company Faces Constitutional Hurdles, Community Opposition in Thailand

24.09.2002
Blog

Backgrounder: Asia Pacific Resources in Thailand

17.09.2002
Blog

Inco in New Caledonia: Protests Erupt Over Shut Down of Prony and Goro

16.09.2002
Blog

Images from the August 30, 2002 demonstration in Noumea

30.08.2002
Blog

Declaration by the Kanak Indigenous People

23.08.2002
Blog

Kanak Appeal for Aid and International Solidarity

15.08.2002
Blog

"Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America: Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility" Conference Held At York University

14.08.2002
News Release

Fatality at Troubled Kumtor Gold Mine -- Kyrgyz and International NGOs Renew Call for Independent Environmental/Safety Audit; Coalition to Assemble Audit Team

10.07.2002
News Release

NGOs Shine Spotlight on Mining Industry Abuses: Call for An End to Business As Usual in the Mining Sector - New Website, Report

24.05.2002
Blog

Placer Dome Case Study: Marcopper Mine (Marinduque, Philippines)

30.04.2002
Blog

Placer Dome Case Study: Porgera Joint Venture (Papua New Guinea)

30.04.2002
Blog

The Successful Struggle Against Submarine Tailings Disposal in Marinduque, Philippines

16.04.2002

Placer Dome Case Study: Misima Mine (Papua New Guinea)

12.04.2002
Blog

SPECIAL: Battling the Mining Industry on the World Stage

15.03.2002
News Release

Inco's Goro Project Faces Environmental Challenges

15.03.2002
News Release

Placer Dome's Ongoing Problems in the Philippines

15.03.2002
Blog

Memo from Senat Coutumier to Commission of Inquiry on Goro Nickel Project

06.03.2002
Blog

Backgrounder: What's INCO doing in New Caledonia?

06.03.2002
Blog

Letter to Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines

16.01.2002
Blog

Response from MiningWatch Canada and the Council of Canadians to the National Post article of Dec. 29, 2001 re: Barrick Gold's Bulyanhulu project

10.01.2002
News Release

New Caledonians Demand Independent Review of INCO's Mining Plans

01.01.2002
News Release

Kanak Chiefs from New Caledonia Tour Canada

24.11.2001
News Release

Making Connections in Kenya

24.11.2001
Blog

Canadian Mining in the Philippines

24.11.2001
Blog

Companies and Events in 1996, Bulyanhulu Area, Tanzania

23.11.2001
Blog

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12.11.2001
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20.07.2001
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Reforms Introduced for Export Development Corporation

20.07.2001
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20.07.2001
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Colombia Mining Forum Proposes Changes to Mining Law

20.07.2001
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20.07.2001
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The Curse of El Dorado - Video Available on Canadian Gold Interests in Colombia

20.07.2001
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Reality Check – The Globalisation of Natural Resources

02.07.2001
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From Québec to Copan: Globalization and the Case of San Andrés Minas

25.06.2001
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Environmental Advisory Committee Chair Quits Over River Pollution at Placer Dome's Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea

15.06.2001
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Profiles of Some Canadian Mining Companies Operating in Africa

24.05.2001
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Drummond Reneges on Security Promises to Colombian Coal Miners Union After Murders

12.05.2001
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Manado Declaration on Submarine Tailings

30.04.2001
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Yati Bun Resignation from Porgera Environmental Advisory Komiti (PEAK)

27.04.2001
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Background Information: Tiomin Resources Inc. in Kenya

25.03.2001
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25.03.2001
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Settlement Reached in Sudbury Falconbridge Strike

25.03.2001
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Falconbridge Strike Analysis: a Union Perspective

25.03.2001
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Kenyan Villagers Take Tiomin to Court

25.03.2001
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Communities Organise Against Ocean Dumping

25.03.2001
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25.03.2001
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Report Links Canadian Business to Paramilitary Violence in Colombia

25.03.2001
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New Book Coming Soon from MPI: The Silver Bullet: Communities Confronting Mining and Globalisation

25.03.2001
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'Honduras is worth more than gold'

05.03.2001
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30.01.2001
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One Year After Romanian Cyanide Spill, New Report Exposes Shortcomings in Industry-Government Disaster Response

30.01.2001
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Urgent Action: Support Tribal People in India Confronting Alcan Investment

17.01.2001
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Philippine Indigenous Tribe Urges Calgary Mining Company to Respect their Land Rights

04.11.2000
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Kenyans tour to raise awareness of Tiomin's strip-mining plans for titanium

03.11.2000
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International workshop video released: "Our Stories Belong to That Mountain"

03.11.2000
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Sudbury Falconbridge workers out on strike since August 1

03.11.2000
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Canadian Mining Companies Profit from Burma's Misery

18.09.2000
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Why Ivanhoe Mines is Incorporated in the Yukon: Sanctions and the Taxation of Foreign Mining Investment in Yukon and Canada

13.09.2000
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Grave Diggers: A Report on Mining in Burma

01.09.2000
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On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale Mining

01.09.2000
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A Response from Tiomin Resources

18.08.2000
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MiningWatch hosts workshop for communities affected by large scale mining

23.05.2000
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Sulawesi activists visit Toronto, Nitassinan (Labrador) and Sudbury

23.05.2000
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Spotlight on Canadian Rôle in Relocations in Tarkwa, Ghana

23.05.2000
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Philippines a Litmus Test for Placer Dome's Environmental Policy

23.05.2000
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Placer Dome's "sustainability" policies challenged by community activists

23.05.2000
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Public to get input on EDC environment and human rights rules

23.05.2000
Brief

Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Mining Issues in Central Asia

04.05.2000
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Undermining the Forests. The need to control transnational mining companies: a Canadian case study

14.03.2000
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World Bank Calls for Ok Tedi Mine Closure Following Romanian Cyanide Spill - Message to BHP: Clean Up Ok Tedi; Message to Mining Industry: Stop Dumping in Rivers

07.03.2000
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Towards a Spiral of Violence? The Dangers of Privatisation of Risk Management of Investments in Africa: Mining Activities and the Use of Private Security Companies

06.03.2000
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Reckless Lending: How Canada's Export Development Corporation Puts People and the Environment at Risk

01.03.2000
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Environmental and human rights repercussions of Canadian mining investment in Ghana, West Africa

23.02.2000
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"On the Ground Research" conference getting off the ground

23.02.2000
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Communications update - Newsletter #2

23.02.2000
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Shareholders Demand Placer Dome Disclose Environmental Risk

17.02.2000
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INCO in Indonesia: A Report for Canadian People

07.01.2000
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30.12.1999
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Review of the Export Development Act - Presentation to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

16.11.1999
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27.10.1999
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27.10.1999
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27.10.1999
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Communications Update - Newsletter #1

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15.09.1999
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11.08.1999
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