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Fix Mining Laws

Many facets of Canadian mining laws date back to another era and are out of step with current values and expectations. Mining is given priority over Indigenous peoples' lands, parks and protected areas and private property.

Blog

Sacrifice Zones – The Ford Government’s Latest Plan To Stimulate the Economy

16.05.2025
Blog

Why Speeding Up Mining Approvals Won’t Solve Tariff Troubles

24.04.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Poilievre says feds are holding up oil, gas and mining projects. Is he right, and could he change that?

23.04.2025
News Release

MiningWatch Supports Xatśūll First Nation’s Mount Polley Tailings Dam Challenge

15.04.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Xatśūll First Nation files Judicial Review against B.C. for approving the Mount Polley Mine expansion

15.04.2025
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. loses fight to deny Seabridge Gold millions of dollars in tax credits

08.04.2025
Brief

Access to Justice and Effective Remedies in the Context of Toxics

04.03.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Mining industry hails B.C. plan to expedite projects amid Trump tariff threat

05.02.2025
Publication

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

22.01.2025
Blog

Open letter | When will Quebec's mining laws respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples?

12.12.2024
Publication

25 Years: A Bedrock for Mining Justice

11.12.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Contrary to industry claims, red tape not slowing B.C. mineral boom, finds audit

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
MiningWatch in the News

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

06.12.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Quebec drags First Nation back to Court over landmark mining decision

04.12.2024
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
MiningWatch in the News

New regulation aims to boost profitability of mine waste

29.11.2024
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
Blog

A major victory in Quebec courts!

22.10.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Indigenous women from Ecuador bring concerns on mining abuses, free trade to Parliament Hill

03.10.2024
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

Quebec won’t fund graphite mine project tied to Pentagon; locals claim ‘victory’

19.09.2024
Publication

Comments on the Federal Government's Emergency Decree to Protect the Habitat of the Boreal Caribou in Quebec

17.09.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Yukon gold mine disaster sparks fears of soaring taxpayer bill

06.09.2024
Blog

25 Years: A Bedrock for Mining Justice

19.08.2024
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. is home to ‘high-risk’ toxic mine waste sites. Here are 5 you need to know about

13.08.2024
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

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

22.07.2024
News Release

New Report Sounds Alarm Over Sale of Teck Resources’ B.C. Coal Mines to Glencore

22.07.2024
Publication

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

22.07.2024
News Release

Quebec Mining Bill: QMM Priorities Absent, Ambitious Revision is Necessary

18.07.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Recent spill stirs speculation about future of Yukon mine

16.07.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Quebec town leaders, residents unite to decide fate of mine with ties to Pentagon

13.07.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Victoria Gold Eagle Mine Landslide: YCS Urges Rigorous Monitoring and Accountability

05.07.2024
Brief

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

28.06.2024
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

Ottawa’s revised environmental rules won’t reduce permitting stage, lawyers say

06.05.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Ottawa Cedes Authority Over GHG Emissions in Impact Assessment Act Amendments

02.05.2024
Blog

Guide to Quebec's New "Impact" Exploration Authorizations

24.04.2024
Blog

25 Years Building Mining Justice

24.04.2024
Blog

What it Takes: An All-Ages Colouring Book

15.04.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Government proposes new regulation granting natural resources minister new powers over conservation authorities' permits

12.04.2024
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

Indigenous Ecuadorians warn against Canada-Ecuador free trade pact

06.04.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

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

25.03.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

Nine Prominent International Organizations Call on Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against Five Water Defenders

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
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

Trade deal could put corporate profits over people, say groups

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
MiningWatch in the News

All emissions from Faro mine cleanup must be offset, review board says

29.02.2024
News Release

Putting an End to Free Mining | 100 signatures on letter in support of Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation's legal action

19.02.2024
MiningWatch in the News

It's never been more important to find a mining waste fix

08.02.2024
Friends of MiningWatch

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

20.01.2024
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

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
Friends of MiningWatch

Sayona Mining Must Equitably Share with Indigenous Peoples

29.11.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Mining claim 'boom' pits prospectors against public in suburban Gatineau

28.11.2023
Publication

Impacts of Mining Activities on Water: A technical and legislative guide to support collective action

21.11.2023
News Release

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

21.11.2023
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
MiningWatch in the News

Former B.C. mining exec fined $30K for environmental violations — but First Nation says damage costs far more

13.10.2023
News Release

Supreme Court of Canada Finds Impact Assessment Act Unconstitutional in Part

13.10.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Tiny Town Fights to Change Mine Plan to Preserve Tourism, Culture and Natural Beauty

03.10.2023
News Release

Environment and community groups applaud BC Supreme Court ruling to reform province’s mineral staking regime

28.09.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Illegal Mining Claims Discovered Inside Protected Area of Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba

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
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
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. miners push province to aggressively support critical mineral exploration

13.08.2023
News Release

Manitoba’s Misguided “Critical Minerals Strategy” Sparks Open Letter, Demand for Answers

09.08.2023
Blog

Critical Concerns about Manitoba’s Minerals Strategy

08.08.2023
MiningWatch in the News

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

24.07.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

New Report Takes a Critical Look at Critical Minerals

29.06.2023
News Release

MNRF’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan Fails to Address Environmental Issues and Public Demands

15.06.2023
News Release

Despite Clear Environmental Risks, B.C. Refuses to Require Improved Water Monitoring at Closed Ajax Mine

31.05.2023
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
Blog

Consultation on the Mining Framework: QMM Coalition Briefing Documents for Participants

27.04.2023
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
Brief

Submission to the Environmental Registry of Ontario re: Bill G71, the Building More Mines Act, 2023

11.04.2023
News Release

Intervenors join Gitxaała in court to argue against BC’s mineral claim regime

11.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News

This court case could change the future of mining in B.C.

03.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Then & Now: Technology and the changing hazards in mining

13.03.2023
Blog

More, Worse Mining: Ontario's Proposed Building More Mines Act

07.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Lawyer says First Nations will fight Ontario government's proposed mining changes

07.03.2023
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
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
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
News Release

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

04.02.2023
Brief

Reporting of Toxic Substances Released by Mining under the NPRI (National Pollutant Release Inventory)

03.02.2023
MiningWatch in the News

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

29.01.2023
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

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

17.01.2023
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
Blog

Recordings of our Panel on the Mining Boom in Quebec, Outside COP15 in Montreal

20.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. law reform group applies to be intervener in First Nation’s petition against mining claims

16.12.2022
News Release

Environmental Organizations Apply to Intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s Legal Case Against Unwanted Mining

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
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
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

How Critical Are Your Minerals? New Federal Strategy Doesn't Look Very New

09.12.2022
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
News Release

Mining Claims: the Urgent Need for a Moratorium

21.11.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

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

01.11.2022
MiningWatch in the News

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

20.10.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

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

07.10.2022
MiningWatch in the News

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

05.10.2022
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

18.08.2022
News Release

Health, Environment, Economy: Quebec Must Stop Being a Mining Wild West, Says New Survey

02.08.2022
News Release

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

14.07.2022
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
MiningWatch in the News

'Rapid development' of mines 'urgently required' – Canada's resources minister

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

Tailings dam ruptures still happen even with industry standards, say critics

03.06.2022
Publication

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

31.05.2022
News Release

Mine Waste Leaves Toxic Legacies in South Africa - And International Launch of Tailings Report

24.05.2022
Blog

Proposed Revisions to the National Contact Point Again Fall Short of Necessary Reforms

20.05.2022
Guest Publication

Not Yet a World Leader: Environmental Reviews of Metal Mines in British Columbia

05.05.2022
Blog

Is B.C. Really a World Leader When It Comes to Environmental Reviews of Metal Mines?

05.05.2022
News Release

Family of Murdered Mexican Environment Defender Seek Leave to Appeal to Canada’s Supreme Court

19.04.2022
News Release

Weakening Quebec Nickel Standards: A Dangerous Attack on Public Health and the Environment

06.04.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Groups Launch Petition in Support of Long Point First Nation

31.03.2022
Blog

Petition on Lithium Mining Project on Unceded Territory: Stand with Long Point First Nation Against Sayona Mining

30.03.2022
News Release

Quebec Budget 2022: More Mining, Less Recycling

23.03.2022
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

The Quebec Government Announced it Will Lower Air Quality Regulations for Nickel. This is Why That’s a Bad Idea.

04.03.2022
Blog

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

04.03.2022
Publication

Submission to the Marathon Palladium Project Joint Panel Review

14.02.2022
Friends of MiningWatch

Lake Babine Celebrates BC's Rejection of Proposed Morrison Mine

08.02.2022
Publication

Comments on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s Draft Agreement to Conduct a Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire Area

01.02.2022
Publication

Bridging the Gap: Towards Best International Standards on Mine Waste Safety in British Columbia

31.01.2022
MiningWatch in the News

Why Imperial Metals surrendered its mining rights in B.C.’s Skagit headwaters

20.01.2022
News Release

Canadians ask Federal Government to Support Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

20.01.2022
MiningWatch in the News

ArcelorMittal has increased its environmental violations

20.12.2021
Blog

MiningWatch Newsletter – Fall/Winter 2021

10.12.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Closing the loop: B.C.’s role in recycling battery metals and minerals to power the electric vehicle revolution

08.12.2021
Publication

B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining – 8 recent cases

07.12.2021
News Release

Report Highlights 8 Recent Cases: B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining

06.12.2021
News Release

25 Municipalities Urge Quebec for Increased Environmental Protection From a Graphite Mining Boom

06.12.2021
News Release

New Report Maps Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition

23.11.2021
Blog

BC Rainfall: Risks of Mine Waste Site Failures

17.11.2021
Blog

Breaking Cycles of Harm in Canada’s Mining Communities

15.11.2021
Blog

Event: Mapping the Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition

11.11.2021
Blog

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

29.10.2021
News Release

First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform

26.10.2021
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. government failing to regulate dam safety, Auditor-General’s report finds

16.09.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Federal election promises for zero-emission vehicles have a catch

14.09.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Mount Polley loses appeal of $9,000 penalty for violating new wastewater permit

13.09.2021
News Release

Busting British Columbia’s "Sustainable" Mining Myths – Backgrounder

13.09.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Can B.C. stake its claim as a leader in responsible mineral extraction?

24.08.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Nuxalk Nation calls on Juggernaut Exploration to cease operations and leave Nuxalk territory

16.08.2021
News Release

Coalition Finds Noront Has Not Disclosed Business Risk from Indigenous Opposition, Calls for OSC to Investigate Ring of Fire Proponent

06.08.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Are Canadian uranium workers still more likely to die from lung cancer?

22.07.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Credibility Crisis: Brumadinho and the Politics of Mining Industry Reform

16.07.2021
Blog

Uranium City – What happened to the miners?

14.07.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

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

02.06.2021
Blog

Avoiding a "Green Shift" Towards Tax Havens

27.05.2021
News Release

Revealed: The Dirty Secrets Behind B.C.'s Claim to Be a World-Class Mining Jurisdiction, New Report

17.05.2021
Publication

Economic Analysis: The Marathon Palladium Project

15.05.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Sayona Mining Exploration in Témiscamingue: Long Point First Nation Asks Government to Immediately Suspend the Tansim Project

13.05.2021
MiningWatch in the News

Billionaires leading push for nuclear reactors in Canadian mining

19.04.2021
Blog

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

19.04.2021
MiningWatch in the News

‘Too risky’: Atikamekw blockade targets open-pit mining project in Northern Quebec

03.03.2021
Blog

Indigenous, Environmental Groups Call for Moratorium on Mining Development in Ring of Fire

26.02.2021
News Release

Quebec Authorizes the Largest Graphite Mine on the Continent, Adjoining Mont-Tremblant National Park

10.02.2021
Friends of MiningWatch

Complaint Submitted to the IACHR Regarding Mining Zoning Bill Violating Indigenous Rights

10.02.2021
Publication

Submission on the Terms of Reference for a Regional Assessment in the Ring of Fire Area

21.01.2021
News Release

New Map Shows Dozens of Mine Pollution Threats in BC 

19.01.2021
Blog

Mining injustice: Exploration, decision making, community voices in Ring of Fire

23.12.2020
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
Publication

Joint Comment to Ontario on Multiple Mineral Exploration Proposals in the Ring of Fire

12.11.2020
Brief

Ontario Must Assess the Impacts of Mines and Smelters Before They Are Built!

05.11.2020
News Release

Ontario Must Assess the Impacts of Mines and Smelters Before They Are Built!

05.11.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Quebec to spend $90 million developing minerals used in new technology

01.11.2020
Blog

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

30.10.2020
Blog

From Mines to Electric Vehicles: Three conditions to ensure electrification isn’t a mining disaster

23.10.2020
News Release

New Poll Shows Strong Support to Reform Mining, Create New Protected Areas in B.C.

21.10.2020
MiningWatch in the News

In a world that needs metals, how can we mine more responsibly?

06.10.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Northern Dynasty eyes controversial Alaska mine as high gold prices encourage ecologically dicey projects

06.10.2020
Blog

Mine Waste in Canada: A Growing Liability

05.10.2020
Publication

Mine Waste in Canada: A Growing Liability

02.10.2020
Brief

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

16.09.2020
MiningWatch in the News

'A sacred spot': why goldmining threatens Nova Scotia's 'wildest' river

31.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Plan for Tulsequah Chief Mine Closure and Cleanup Is Major Milestone

13.08.2020
Blog

Quebec Commission of Inquiry Releases Landmark Report on Asbestos

08.08.2020
Blog

New Analysis: 21 Lakes, Streams, & Wetlands To Be Destroyed for Mine Waste Storage in Northern Ontario

27.07.2020
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

Legal Experts Call for Immediate Halt to Mineral Staking and Permitting in Ontario Under Pandemic Conditions

05.06.2020
News Release

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

25.05.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Wilderness Committee Discovers Illegal Mining Claim in Nopiming Provincial Park

21.05.2020
Blog

Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Death of Zombie “New Prosperity” Mine Project

14.05.2020
MiningWatch in the News

What Mining Means for Nova Scotia (Part 2)

11.04.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Western Quebec municipalities, activists aim to curb mining operations

23.02.2020
News Release

Canada Carbon Drops $96 Million Lawsuit Against Grenville-sur-la-Rouge: A First Citizen Victory!

20.02.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Mining CEO Tells Vancouver Business Crowd He Sees a ‘Monster Opportunity’ to Profit Off Mining Disasters

31.01.2020
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
Brief

Comments on Global Tailings Review Draft Standard

31.12.2019
Blog

Federal Court of Appeal Shuts Down Taseko Mines Over "Prosperity" Mine Rejection

20.12.2019
MiningWatch in the News

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

17.12.2019
Blog

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

21.11.2019
News Release

Mining Impacts of Green Energy Transition Focus of International Conference

14.11.2019
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. First Nations should require full clean-up costs up-front for mines: new study

08.11.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Anonymous Facebook page touts ‘recovery’ at Mount Polley while mine waste still piped into lake

06.11.2019
Publication

Submission to British Columbia: Groups Urge Government To Do More on Mines Act’s Enforcement & Compliance

28.10.2019
News Release

‘When are they going to ensure the polluter pays?’: proposed B.C. mining reforms don’t go far enough

25.10.2019
Publication

Submission to British Columbia Government re: Reviewable Projects Regulation

07.10.2019
Blog

"Unearthing Justice" – New Book Launch & Tour!

04.09.2019
News Release

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

19.08.2019
Blog

Mi'kmaq Matters Episode 105: Preparing for the Valentine Lake Environmental Assessment

19.07.2019
News Release

Canadian Mines Ministers Meet in Cranbrook: Is B.C.’s competitive advantage weak environmental regulation?

16.07.2019
News Release

From Bad to Worse on Mining: Groups Urge B.C. Government to Reform Outdated Laws  

04.07.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Tŝilhqot’in Nation Announces Peaceful Action to Protect Teẑtan Biny and Yanah Biny, Calls on Government of British Columbia to Intervene

01.07.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Tailings dam failures linked to hefty bonuses for mine managers: report

24.06.2019
Blog

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

10.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Mining in Canada is shrinking, and a wave of impassioned community opposition is partly to blame

06.06.2019
Brief

Notes for UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Wastes

03.06.2019
News Release

Another Spill at Tata Steel's Iron Mine: Quebec Minister of the Environment Must Take Action

29.05.2019
Blog

Mi'kmaq Matters – Episode 99: Mining Mi'kmaq Land

14.05.2019
Publication

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

02.05.2019
MiningWatch in the News

Internal memo at Natural Resources Canada responds to The Narwhal’s reporting on low mining taxes and royalties

08.04.2019
Blog

Announcing MiningWatch Canada’s 20th Anniversary Annual General Meeting

07.04.2019
News Release

New Environment Commissioner Audit: Canada Fails To Protect Waters & Fish from Mine Pollution

02.04.2019
Blog

New Film “The Shadow of Gold” - Do You Know Where the Gold in your Ring Comes From?

05.02.2019
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
Friends of MiningWatch

Nova Scotia Ministry of Energy and Mines Withholds Toxic Leak Information

28.01.2019
News Release

MEDIA ADVISORY: MiningWatch Canada, Ecojustice Available to Comment on New Prosperity Mine Court Case

14.01.2019
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #42 – Autumn 2018

07.12.2018
Blog

Willa Mine in Southern British Columbia – Abandoned by its Owners?

19.11.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Neskantaga and Eabametoong First Nations Issue Declaration of Alliance and Shared Regulatory Territory

09.11.2018
Blog

Tax Evasion - Tell The Trudeau Government to Act Now and Close the Legal Loopholes

19.10.2018
News Release

“Uniting for Healthy Lands, Waters and Future Generations” – International Conference on Mining & Communities Opens in Kamloops, B.C.

28.09.2018
MiningWatch in the News

What happens if Imperial Metals goes bankrupt?

27.08.2018
Blog

Let B.C. Know You Want Fundamental Changes to Provincial Environmental Impact Assessment Laws

27.07.2018
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #41 – Spring/Summer 2018

06.07.2018
News Release

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

03.05.2018
News Release

The Hidden Face of Transport Electrification: A “mining boom” that threatens to blow up the environment

24.04.2018
News Release

President of Nouveau Monde Graphite Under Investigation by Quebec Securities Commission for Alleged Illegal Financing

23.03.2018
Brief

Recommendations on Proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Products Regulations

21.03.2018
News Release

Citizens, Quebec Municipality Denounce $96 Million Suite by Canada Carbon

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
Blog

Mount Polley Disaster Escapes BC Law Because of Government Policy on Private Prosecutions

22.02.2018
News Release

Campaign Financing and the Ontario Mining Industry’s Political Influence

02.02.2018
News Release

What Green Economy? New OECD Report Finds Canada Worst of G7 on Recycling, Minerals Efficiency

19.12.2017
News Release

B.C. Rejects Ajax Mine – Groups Urge Governments to Learn Lessons and Change Laws

15.12.2017
News Release

Dead Mine Walking? Federal Court Reconfirms Taseko’s “New Prosperity” Mine a ‘No Go’

07.12.2017
News Release

NGOs Encourage GNWT to Produce Modern Mining Legislation

06.12.2017
Blog

Protect Jacko Lake and the Pípsell Cultural Area from Mining – Take Action Now!

01.12.2017
Publication

A New Mineral Resources Act for the Northwest Territories

01.12.2017
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #40 – Autumn 2017

28.11.2017
News Release

New Mining Act for the Northwest Territories: Have Your Say Before December 1st

16.11.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Canada Has Second-Worst Mining Record in World: UN

27.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Alaskans Push U.S. Government to Investigate B.C.’s Border Mines

02.10.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Media Advisory: Robinson-Huron Treaty Lawsuit Hearings to Commence Against Federal and Provincial Governments in Thunder Bay

25.09.2017
Blog

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

22.09.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Resource firms try to learn lessons from Canada's troubled history with First Nations

20.09.2017
Blog

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

13.09.2017
News Release

Mines Ministers Meeting Falls Short of Meaningful Progress on Environment and Indigenous Rights

18.08.2017
News Release

Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers Conference: “No Clean Growth without Clean Mining”

14.08.2017
News Release

Media Advisory: Indigenous Communities, Advocacy Groups at Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers Conference: “No Clean Growth without Clean Mining”

10.08.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Me7e Pípsell Ta7a Ajax – Yes Pípsell No Ajax: SSN Response to British Columbia’s & CEAA Environmental Assessment Office Ajax Mine Project Assessment Reports

09.08.2017
News Release

Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC Conviction and $4.5 Million Fine Does Little to Reduce Threat to UNESCO World Heritage Site

21.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin Nation Takes Mining Fight to Company's AGM: “No Means Never”

01.06.2017
Blog

Ontario’s Ring of Fire Development Plan Has Major Flaws

29.05.2017
Blog

Dozens of Labrador Mineworkers Show Signs of Lung Disease: Report

25.05.2017
News Release

Finally! New National Inventory for Orphaned and Abandoned Mine Sites

10.05.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Approval of Mount Polley mine waste dumping irks critics

19.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News

B.C. Quietly Grants Mount Polley Mine Permit to Pipe Mine Waste Directly Into Quesnel Lake

17.04.2017
Blog

Fisheries Act Charges Over Canada's Biggest Mining Spill 'Stayed' in Court; Pressure Mounts for Crown to Lay Its Own Charges

28.03.2017
News Release

Media Advisory – Will Federal Prosecutors Lay Charges for Biggest Mining Spill in Canada?

24.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Stephen Hume: Regulatory Chaos Leaves Taxpayers on Hook for Mining Messes in B.C.

08.03.2017
News Release

Growing Pressure for Public Inquiry into B.C.’s Dysfunctional Mining Regulatory System

08.03.2017
News Release

While Mining Company Launches Lawsuit Against Quebec, More Than 2000 Citizens Show Support for Barriere Lake Algonquin Nation

16.02.2017
Blog

Prosperity Mine – A Precautionary Tale: The Importance of Environmental Assessments

31.01.2017
News Release

Algonquin Nations denounce Quebec’s Mining Act

26.01.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on Minister Bill Bennett’s Property

24.01.2017
News Release

Mount Polley Disaster Stunner: Federal Government Moves To Stop MiningWatch Presenting Evidence To Court

13.01.2017
News Release

Advisory: First Hearings this Week for MiningWatch Charges Against B.C. Government and Mount Polley Mining Corporation

12.01.2017
News Release

Groups Urge Quebec To Ban Uranium Mining

10.01.2017
Publication

Submission to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities on its Study of the Navigation Protection Act

07.12.2016
News Release

Prevent Mesothelioma and other Asbestos Diseases in Canada: Organizations call on Prime Minister for an Immediate Asbestos Ban and Expert Panel Review

07.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Ontario Environmental Group Takes Diamond Giant De Beers to Court

06.12.2016
News Release

Auditor General Slams Ontario’s Outdated Environmental Assessment Act – Groups Urge Government to Act

01.12.2016
Publication

Submission to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans on its Review of Changes to the Fisheries Act

30.11.2016
News Release

MiningWatch Predicts KGHM Ajax Would Face At Least $100 Million in Compensation or Litigation Costs If Mine Opens

21.10.2016
Blog

Background: MiningWatch Canada Charges Against B.C. Government and Mount Polley Mine

18.10.2016
MiningWatch in the News

Mining watchdog files against Mount Polley

18.10.2016
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Files Charges Against B.C. Government and Mount Polley Mine for 2014 Tailings Pond Disaster

18.10.2016
News Release

Advisory: MiningWatch Canada in Williams Lake, B.C. to Announce Court Action for 2014 Mount Polley Mine Waste Disaster

17.10.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Time to Get Serious about EA Reform in Ontario

04.10.2016
Publication

Submission for BC's Mining Code Review

30.09.2016
Brief

Joint Comments to US SEC re Mining Disclosure Proposed Rule

26.09.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Quebec Stealthily Lifts Mining Moratorium; Algonquins Respond by Preparing to Defend Their Ancestral Territorial Waters, Lands & Wildlife

12.09.2016
Blog

Join MiningWatch at the World Social Forum!

05.08.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Report: Government Failure to Adequately Address Tailings Pond Issues Exposes Environment and British Columbians to Continued Serious Risk of Mt Polley-Type Failures

04.08.2016
News Release

New B.C. Government Data Reveals Massive Increase in Abandoned Mines Clean-up Costs

10.06.2016
News Release

New Analysis – British Columbia Ranks Worst in Canada for Unsecured Environmental Liability of Mine Sites

30.05.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

B.C. Encouraging Environmentally Risky Mining and Creating Massive Taxpayer Liability

16.05.2016
News Release

$200 Million Needed to Fully Address Community Impacts from Malartic Open Pit Mine, Quebec

15.05.2016
News Release

Health & Community Impacts: Kamloops Delegation Learns Hard Lessons from Malartic Open Pit Mine

03.05.2016
MiningWatch in the News

MiningWatch Canada releases damning report on KGHM-Ajax

19.04.2016
News Release

Groups Oppose Expansion of Canadian Malartic Mine, Urge Quebec to Strengthen Laws

01.04.2016
News Release

Uranium: Groups Slam Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

03.03.2016
Blog

Time to Clean Up BC's Mining Industry!

08.02.2016
News Release

Environmental Groups Demand B.C. Mining Industry Clean Up Its Act

04.02.2016
News Release

MiningWatch Shocked by Chief Inspector of Mines’ Report on Mount Polley Disaster

18.12.2015
MiningWatch in the News

No charges under B.C.’s mining laws for failure of Mount Polley mine dam

17.12.2015
News Release

Wake-Up Call: Ontario Ranks Worst in Canada for Environmental Liability of Mine Sites

09.12.2015
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Newsletter #39 – Autumn 2015

27.11.2015
News Release

Ontarians on the Hook for Water & Mine Site Clean-Up Costs – Alarming Report from Eco-Commissioner

10.11.2015
News Release

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

03.11.2015
News Release

No Full Disclosure for New Mining Transparency Act in Quebec

22.10.2015
News Release

Environmental Groups Present Clear Plan for Modernizing B.C.’s Mining Laws

16.10.2015
News Release

Groups Call for Public Inquiry on Investissement Quebec’s Arnaud Mine Fiasco

16.10.2015
Blog

New Study Indicates Increasing Mine Disasters Worldwide - Why is the industry incapable of learning from its biggest mishaps?

07.08.2015
Blog

Mount Polley Mine Disaster’s First Anniversary No Reason to Celebrate

31.07.2015
News Release

Canada’s Mines Ministers ‘Open’ to Taking Action to Prevent Future Mine Waste Disasters, But Concrete Commitments Lacking

21.07.2015
News Release

Canadian Mines Ministers Conference in Halifax: Provinces & Territories Must Act To Avoid Mine Waste Disasters

20.07.2015
News Release

Mount Polley Mine Reopens Despite Ongoing Investigations

10.07.2015
News Release

B.C. Mining Code Review Welcome, But Needs Broad Scope

26.06.2015
News Release

B.C. & Alaska Indigenous Leaders Attending Seabridge Gold Shareholder Meeting To Protest Risky Mine Plan

24.06.2015
News Release

Time to Renew Ontario’s Mineral Development Strategy - For Real This Time

11.05.2015
Guest Publication

Ontarians for a Just Accountable Mineral Strategy (OJAMS) Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines re: Revisions to the Ontario Mineral Development Strategy 2015

08.05.2015
News Release

Canadians and Americans Demand No More Mount Polleys

28.04.2015
News Release

International Delegates from Five Continents Sign Declaration of World Uranium Symposium

22.04.2015
News Release

Ontario Urgently Needs a Comprehensive “Value-for-Money” Cost-Benefit Analysis for Mining

10.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Exclusive at the World Uranium Symposium: Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan during the Fukushima Catastrophe

06.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquins Critical of Quebec's Conflict of Interest with High Risk $4 Million Investment in Rare Earths Open Pit Mining Project

14.02.2015
News Release

“Business as Usual” Cannot Continue: Mount Polley Report on Tailings Dam Safety

06.02.2015
MiningWatch in the News

Unfiltered: Mt. Polley: How should the mining industry be policed?

04.02.2015
Blog

Recent Events in NWT and Quebec Reveal Big Holes in Mine Closure Safety Nets

22.10.2014
Blog

Mount Polley and the Failure of Compliance

21.10.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Open Pit Mega-mines in Quebec – Size Really Does Matter: Citizens’ coalition says independent assessment and new regulations are urgently needed

20.08.2014
Blog

Catastrophic Tailings Spill at Mount Polley Mine

08.08.2014
Blog

Federal Government Ignores First Nations and Public Input on Environmental Assessment – Its Own Legislation Makes It Hard Not To

22.07.2014
Blog

The Grassy Narrows Decision

17.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Taseko Mines Limited Remains in Denial Post Title Decision

02.07.2014
Blog

We’re Celebrating Fifteen Years of Action in Support of Communities Affected by Mining

05.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

OSC Forces Chieftain Metals to Correct 2013 AIF and Retract Corporate Presentation

02.06.2014
News Release

MiningWatch Canada to Participate in First Round of Quebec’s Consultations on Uranium

22.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Supreme Court Hears Grassy Narrows' Legal Case for Treaty Rights and Against Clearcut Logging

15.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Five Major Mining Challenges for Quebec's New Government to Address

11.04.2014
Blog

Yukon Stories: Mining's Unbalanced Influence in the North

03.03.2014
News Release

Film Premiere: "Honour Your Word" Documents Years of Struggle by Barriere Lake Algonquin to Protect their Land and Culture

10.02.2014
Blog

Indigenous Struggle and Survival in the Face of Canadian Colonialism and Mining

28.01.2014
News Release

White River First Nation Says Yukon’s Response to Ross River Dena “Free Entry” Court Decision Inadequate

07.01.2014
News Release

Is Ontario Getting a Fair Share for Our Mineral Resources? An open letter to Bonnie Lysyk, Auditor General for Ontario

12.12.2013
Blog

Algonquins of Barriere Lake Need and Deserve Our Support

29.11.2013
News Release

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

15.11.2013
Blog

The Giant Mine: Will Reason Prevail?

25.10.2013
News Release

Yukon Government Finally Listens - Terminates Tarsis Resources' Class 3 Mining Licence Application

16.10.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metals’ Announcement of Feasibility Study Review Ignores Major Flaws and Uncertainties of Tulsequah Chief Mine Proposal

07.10.2013
Blog

The Bell Tolls for Free Entry in Canada: Legal Victory for Yukon First Nation Will Have Implications Across the Country

27.09.2013
News Release

Guatemalan Indigenous Organizations File Complaint over Mining Law with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

03.09.2013
Blog

The Africa Mining Vision: A Limited Field of View?

22.08.2013
Blog

Is Mine Closure in Ontario Protecting the Public?

04.06.2013
Blog

Ontarians Still Waiting for Review of Mining Tax

04.06.2013
Blog

ICMM’s Tentative Commitment to Indigenous Rights and FPIC

03.06.2013
News Release

Imperial Metals Operating Without Consent: First Nations Oppose Mining on Indigenous Lands

29.05.2013
Blog

Familiar-sounding Australian Report Reveals Exaggerated Benefits and Underestimated Costs

23.04.2013
Blog

Ça Bouge! Quebec Coalition Makes Progress on Reforms

11.04.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquins of Barriere Lake Affirm Opposition to Copper One’s Rivière Doré Project and All Claim Staking and Mineral Exploration in their Territory

13.03.2013
News Release

Sandy Pond Alliance Court Case to Decide Fate of Lakes Across Canada

25.02.2013
News Release

BC’s Mining Sector Needs More Than Slaps on the Back and Market Hype – NGOs Release Mining Reform Top 40

31.01.2013
Blog

Top 40 Mining Reforms for BC

31.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metal's Tulsequah Chief Mine Proposal Continues to Face Major Risks and Uncertainties Despite New Feasibility Study

30.01.2013
Blog

Sacred Headwaters, with Wade Davis and photos by Paul Colangelo

18.01.2013
News Release

Idle No More Movement Transcends Canada-Alaska Border

10.01.2013
News Release

Joint Statement Supporting Chief Spence and "Idle No More"

02.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Walks to Parliament Hill to Say "No" to Treaty Violations

01.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Tlingit Joint Clan Forum Rejects Proposed Tulsequah Chief Project

28.11.2012
Blog

Ontario First Nations Put a Damper on Ring of Fire Development

26.11.2012
Guest Publication

No Means No: The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Resource Sovereignty

26.11.2012
Blog

Parti Québécois Scuttles Plans to Re-open Asbestos Mines

26.11.2012
Blog

Changes Coming to National Mine Effluent Regulations

26.11.2012
News Release

Keno Residents Want Out - Residents Say Alexco’s Mining Activities Are Compromising Tourism, Causing Health Fears, Threatening Water Supply and Lowering Quality of Life

26.11.2012
Blog

Living Near a Mine Can Be the Pits

02.11.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metals’ Tulsequah Chief Mine Proposal Faces Major Obstacles Despite New Chinese Partner

03.10.2012
News Release

Fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Urgent action needed to ensure that the human rights of Indigenous peoples aren’t violated by resource development at home and abroad

12.09.2012
Blog

Will the Quebec Election Mean the End of Asbestos Mining and Exports?

06.09.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Frustrations with Chieftain and Canadian Agencies Lead to Calls for New Cleanup Plan

22.08.2012
News Release

Guatemala’s Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge Against Mining Law

20.07.2012
Blog

Death of Evidence Rally: How Budget Cuts Will Affect Mining Issues

19.07.2012
Publication

Introduction to the Legal Framework for Mining in Canada

18.07.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin Chiefs Issue Ultimatum to Matamec & Toyota Tsusho Corp.: Finalize Exploration Agreement or Cease Activities at Rare Earths Deposit

28.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chiefs Prepare Eviction Notice to Mining Companies Working in the Ring of Fire

25.06.2012
News Release

Nautilus Seabed Mining Experiment Falters: Dispute with PNG Government, Opposition by Pacific and Canadian Citizens, Financing Woes

20.06.2012
Blog

Mining Threatens One of BC’s Largest Sockeye Salmon Runs

15.06.2012
Blog

KI Achieves Protection for 23,000 Square Kilometres; Ontario Makes Another Multi-million Dollar Buy-out

15.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Mining Development a Sneak Attack on Public Lands, Waters: San Gold Corporation Starting New Toxic Tailings Pond Near Wanipigow River Before Environmental Licence Issued

12.06.2012
Blog

“I Thought They Were Shareholders.” My First Look at a Hearing with the CNSC, Our Nuclear Watchdog

08.06.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Welcomes Cree Call for Uranium Moratorium

06.06.2012
Blog

The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests

08.05.2012
Blog

Ontario Government Misses Opportunity to Increase Revenues from Mining

30.03.2012
News Release

Keno City Residents and Businesses Suffering the Effects of Yukon Mining Boom as Alexco Takes Over the Town

20.03.2012
News Release

First Nation and Conservation Groups Seek Investigation of Exploration Company God’s Lake Resources by Securities Regulator

20.03.2012
Blog

Eroding Democracy: FTAs, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in the Americas

19.03.2012
News Release

Taseko Lawsuit Won’t Stop Opposition to “New” Prosperity Mine Project

06.03.2012
News Release

Taseko Mines’ Libel Chill Bid to Silence Opposition Won’t Work - Tŝilhqot’in

05.03.2012
Publication

Troubled Waters: How Mine Waste Dumping is Poisoning Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes

28.02.2012
News Release

Royalties, Environment and Citizens’ Rights: Survey Results Support Demands of Quebec Mining Reform Coalition

27.02.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Chieftain Metals’ Proposed Tulsequah Chief Mine Fraught with Risks and Uncertainties – New Report

27.02.2012
Blog

Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

23.02.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Welcomes Drummond Commission’s Recommendation to Examine Mining Taxes

16.02.2012
News Release

Two Killed in Panama Mining Protests

08.02.2012
News Release

Honduran Civil Society Groups Reject Proposed Mining Law That Puts Corporate Interests Before Human Rights

24.01.2012
News Release

Wahgoshig First Nation (Ontario) Wins Injunction Against Solid Gold Resources' Exploration

04.01.2012
News Release

Decision Pending in Wahgoshig First Nation's Injunction Motion against Solid Gold Resources Corp.

22.12.2011
Blog

Diamonds and Development: Attawapiskat and the Victor Diamond Mine

15.12.2011
Guest Publication

Decolonizing Environmental Management: A Case Study of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug

02.12.2011
Blog

Surviving a Mine: Canada’s Uranium District and the Western Mining Action Network Conference 2011

29.11.2011
Blog

New Brunswickers Persevere Through Gruelling Hearings

29.11.2011
Blog

Indigenous Rights and Mining – Recent Developments, Opportunities and Challenges

29.11.2011
Blog

Robert Del Tredici Talks About Karl Morgan, Father of Radiation Safety

29.11.2011
Blog

Photographer and Storyteller Robert Del Tredici on the History of Port Radium, Northwest Territories

29.11.2011
Blog

Gordon Edwards of CCNR: should uranium mining be allowed?

29.11.2011
Blog

Consultation: a fairly limited concept

29.11.2011
News Release

Ontario Labour Movement Warns of Ipperwash in the Making if Province Does Not Stop Violation of KI Sacred Burial Sites and Exploitation of Land

29.11.2011
Blog

Robert Lovelace Address to Amnesty International, Toronto

01.11.2011
Guest Publication

The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated Sites

04.10.2011
News Release

Northern Ontario First Nation Calls On McGuinty to Stop Mining Activity on Sacred Burial Sites

27.09.2011
News Release

Algonquins Oppose Quebec Mining Act and Proposed Changes in Bill 14

22.08.2011
News Release

Lawsuit Against Mining Activist Rejected by Quebec Court

02.08.2011
News Release

Innu Forced to Protest Cap-Ex Ventures’ Exploration Activities

28.07.2011
News Release

Barriere Lake First Nation Celebrates Mining Company's Retreat!

22.07.2011
News Release

Over 200 Health Advocates Tell Prime Minister Harper - “It’s time to put human health ahead of asbestos!”

14.06.2011
News Release

Taseko’s “New Prosperity” PR Misrepresents Panel Findings

09.06.2011
Blog

Overview of Federal Review Panel Findings and Taseko’s “New Prosperity” Project

09.06.2011
News Release

Tsilhqot’in Nation call on Governments to Reject Re-Submitted “New Prosperity” Mine

08.06.2011
Blog

Ontario Ministry of Mines' Problematic Approach to Environmental Assessment of Mining Projects

07.06.2011
Blog

Outdated Mining Act Leads to Multiple Conflicts Over Exploration and Mine Development in Quebec

06.06.2011
Blog

Quebec Mining Conflicts from East to West, North to South

06.06.2011
News Release

Barriere Lake Algonquin affirm opposition to mine during Montreal company meeting: threat of mining on their land exposes failure of Quebec’s Mining Act

20.05.2011
News Release

Mineral Royalties: Quebec is still at the bottom of the heap

18.05.2011
News Release

Penobsquis Denied Data, Hearing Resumes

16.05.2011
Blog

Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Strategy

02.05.2011
News Release

Constance Lake First Nation Seeks Urgent Court Injunction To Stop Drilling by Zenyatta Ventures Ltd.

28.04.2011
News Release

Terra Firma Withdraws from Restigouche: An Important Win for Baie des Chaleurs Uranium Opposition

20.04.2011
Blog

Action Alert: No Means No! Put an End to the Prosperity Mine Proposal

21.03.2011
News Release

MiningWatch to Participate in Kiggavik Uranium Project EIS Guidelines Workshop, Government of Nunavut Consultations on Uranium Mining

16.03.2011
News Release

Penobsquis' Battle Versus PotashCorp Begins

14.03.2011
News Release

Algonquins Are More Than Stakeholders: Wolf Lake and Eagle Village Demand Review Process to Examine Concerns About Proposed Open Pit Rare Earth Project

10.03.2011
News Release

First Nations and Greens Urge Credit Suisse: No Funds for Taseko's Prosperity Mine

07.03.2011
Blog

"Oral Promises/Broken Promises" Shows Alternative Interpretation of Ontario's Treaty 9

25.02.2011
Blog

Ontario’s Ring of Fire - hope or hype? MiningWatch releases report on Ring of Fire economics

04.02.2011
News Release

Oil and Gas Company Tries to Stifle Debate: Sues Quebec Mining Coalition Spokesperson

03.02.2011
News Release

Environmental Organizations Call On Parliament to Extend Debate on Environmental Bill of Rights

02.02.2011
News Release

Delegation Hasn't Addressed Quebeckers' Concerns About Uranium

14.01.2011
News Release

Government & Industry Steam Ahead on Ring of Fire Developments, First Nations Left Waiting on the Platform

13.01.2011
Brief

Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade on the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement

29.11.2010
News Release

Green Budget Coalition Releases Self-Financing Recommendations for 2011 Federal Budget

25.11.2010
Blog

Uranium Mining in the Eeyou Istchee Territory: Alternative Perspectives

21.11.2010
News Release

Canada To Get Environmental Bill of Rights?

16.11.2010
Blog

And we thought we had it bad! Visitors from NWT shocked by Ontario’s lack of oversight for mineral exploration

15.11.2010
Blog

Getting Regulations Right Could Help Fix Flaws in Mining Act - MiningWatch Comment on Environment Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report

29.09.2010
News Release

Political contributions, DFO letters, raise more questions about BC’s approval of bad mine

24.09.2010
News Release

The Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Restate the Facts: Labrador Iron Mines' Schefferville Project Still Requires Our Consent

15.09.2010
Blog

Lakes, Liabilities, and Legacies - The Real Impacts of "Modern" Uranium Mining

26.08.2010
News Release

The Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam Position is Clear: No Exploration or Mining Without Consent of the Uashannuat

26.08.2010
News Release

Matawa First Nations Chief Announces Deadline Following Meeting with Ontario Ministers

24.08.2010
News Release

Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam call for moratorium on uranium exploration and mining

17.08.2010
News Release

Tsilhqot'in National Government: AFN Chiefs Pledge to Help Defend Lands Against Proposed Prosperity Mine

22.07.2010
Blog

Ring of Fire: Growing Concerns About Violations of Aboriginal Rights, Environmental Damage

18.07.2010
Blog

Ontario’s New Mining Act Leaves Gaping Holes

05.01.2010
News Release

Victory for KI an Expensive Lesson for Ontario

15.12.2009
News Release

A “Free for All” As Mining Claims More Than Double In Carbon-rich Ecosystem - Public Interest Groups Call For Land Withdrawals To Ease Pressure

14.12.2009
Blog

Mining Day on the Hill - What you should know about mining and Canadian mining companies

23.11.2009
News Release

BC Government Breaks the Law - Nak’azdli vows to stop Mt. Milligan mine

15.09.2009
Blog

MiningWatch Canada Responds to Ontario's Proposals for a Modernized Mining Act

12.06.2009
Blog

National Pollutant Release Inventory - Overview

04.06.2009
News Release

What’s Missing in Mining Act Changes? The Right to Say NO. Proposed Amendments Do Little To Prevent Conflicts

25.05.2009
News Release

Court Victory Forces Canada to Report Pollution Data for Mines

24.04.2009
News Release

Quebec Auditor General Finds Trouble in Mining Paradise

03.04.2009
Friends of MiningWatch

Canoe Creek Band Condemns BC Environmental Assessment Decision

28.11.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Thanksgiving the “Cortez” Way - U.S. Ignores Western Shoshone Objections – Barrick Gold Readies Itself to Carve Up Mount Tenabo

21.11.2008
Blog

State of Mine: The Dominion Newspaper's Special Issue on Mining

17.11.2008
News Release

Fulfilling the Premier’s Vision to Modernize and Reform the Ontario Mining Act

05.09.2008
News Release

Federal Court of Appeal Denies Requirement for Public Participation in Environmental Assessment

18.06.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Union of BC Indian Chiefs Support Ardoch Algonquins' Human Rights

22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin Leader Faces Jail Time While Ontario Government Ignores the Law

20.02.2008
Blog

Uranium Still a Hot Topic Across Canada

21.01.2008
Blog

End Mining’s Privileged Access to Land! Communities Across Canada Outraged by Free Entry System

21.01.2008
News Release

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Calls for Major Overhaul of Mining Act

04.12.2007
Publication

"Mining Investors" resource available

01.11.2007
News Release

Takla First Nation Blocks Access to Traditional Territory

11.09.2007
News Release

Algonquins Demanding Moratorium on Uranium Exploration on Traditional Territory

31.08.2007
Blog

Concerned Citizens of Michipicoten Bay

28.08.2007
Blog

Our Story: Uranium Prospecting in our Backyard

12.06.2007
Blog

Uranium Hype Hits Indigenous Opposition Globally, Provokes Conflict in the North

02.02.2007
Blog

Communities Divided Over Uranium Exploration in the Outaouais

02.02.2007
Blog

Why is Québec the mining industry’s favourite province?

02.02.2007
Blog

Mining Investors and the Tax System

02.02.2007
Friends of MiningWatch

Transboundary Watershed Alliance Calls For Bi-National Assessment of Taku Mine: Fishery Too Valuable for Experiment With Unproven Technology

30.01.2007
Blog

There Are No Clean Diamonds: What You Need to Know About Canadian Diamonds

06.12.2006
Blog

An Insult to Aboriginal People: A Critique of the Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities

05.12.2006
Blog

Landlords and Political Traps: how mineral exploration companies seek access to First Nations territory

01.11.2006
Blog

Analysis of Platinex Inc. v. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation case

15.09.2006
News Release

Grandmother Arrested at Iskut Blockade

11.09.2006
News Release

Ontario Securities Commission asked to investigate Platinex

16.08.2006
News Release

Ontario First Nation Wins Injunction to Halt Mining Company

31.07.2006
Blog

Mining's Privileged Access to Land Under Challenge Across the Country

19.07.2006
News Release

Iskut Women Stop Mining Company from Destroying Trout Spawning Stream

19.07.2006
Blog

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

07.07.2006
News Release

Far North Peoples Walk 2100 Kilometres to Say No to Mining

21.06.2006
News Release

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Says Ontario Mining Act Unconstitutional

26.05.2006
Blog

National Pollutant Release Inventory Drops Exemption for Mining

08.04.2006
Blog

The Legacy of Asbestos Mining in Newfoundland

08.04.2006
Blog

Urgent Need to Investigate Respiratory Impairment of Hemlo Miners

08.04.2006
News Release

Green Budget Coalition Recommends Strategic Spending Cuts

29.03.2006
Blog

The Kam Kotia Mine Disaster: Ontario's most notorious mine waste problem

25.03.2006
Guest Publication

More Precious Than Gold: Mineral Development and the Protection of Biological Diversity in Canada

23.03.2006
News Release

First Nations Declare a Moratorium on Mining Exploration and Forestry in the Far North: No Means No

27.10.2005
Blog

"Plainspeak" analysis of Supreme Court decision on Taku River Tlingit case

13.08.2005
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Tlingit Still Fighting for Land Use Plan

13.08.2005
News Release

The Taxman Needs to Help Shift from Mining Virgin Materials to Recycling

12.08.2005
Blog

In Memoriam: Roch Lanthier

12.08.2005
Brief

Comments on the Comprehensive Study Report on the Victor Diamond Mine at Attawapiskat

05.07.2005
Blog

Staking a Claim in Manitoba

28.06.2005
Blog

Bring the Ontario Mining Act into the 21st Century

23.06.2005
Blog

The Assault on First Nation Lands in British Columbia

23.02.2005
Friends of MiningWatch

We Want to Make Teck Cominco Accountable: Tlazten Nation

21.02.2005
Blog

Comments on the Proposed Tulsequah Chief Mine Project in Northwestern British Columbia, FEAI 36077

08.02.2005
Blog

Undermining Our Future: How Mining’s Privileged Access to Land Harms People and the Environment

29.01.2004
Blog

Ruling on Private Land in Ontario

27.12.2003
Friends of MiningWatch

BC and Canada Get Failing Grade on Taku River Protection

19.09.2003
Blog

Ontario: The Old Mining Act Works!

19.09.2003
News Release

Landmark 'no-go' pledge from leading mining companies

20.08.2003
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Threatened by Renewal of Tulsequah Chief Project

23.02.2003
News Release

Fraser Institute Report on mining-friendly jurisdictions

23.02.2003
Blog

Mining Industry Criticism of "Looking Beneath the Surface: An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada" — A Response from the Authors

23.02.2003
Blog

Critique of the Fraser Institute Mining Report 2002

13.01.2003
MiningWatch in the News

BC Snubs High Courts and First Nation to Approve Tulsequah Chief Mine -- Federal Approval Unlikely

13.12.2002
MiningWatch in the News

Stop portraying mining as the bogeyman: Riposte to "Beneath the Surface"

07.12.2002
Blog

"Looking Beneath the Surface" Report Released on Real Costs of Mining

30.11.2002
News Release

Auditor-General Exposes Abandoned Mines/Contaminated Sites Crisis

30.11.2002
News Release

Canada's mining industry strikes gold - in the taxpayers' wallet: Federal taxpayers spend $13,000 for each mining job

29.10.2002
Publication

The Boreal Below: Mining Issues and Activities in Canada’s Boreal Forest Region

25.09.2002
Blog

Activist Workshop on Canadian Mining Coming Soon: October 4-6

14.08.2002
News Release

Support the Mohawks of Kanesatake - Stop Niocan!

27.02.2002
Blog

Mining's Privileged Access to Land Challenged: Bedford Mine Alert

24.11.2001
News Release

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Invited to UN Human Rights Workshop

24.11.2001
News Release

Sudbury Workshop on Abandoned Mines Co-sponsored by Assembly of First Nations

20.07.2001
News Release

National Workshop on Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Held in Winnipeg

20.07.2001
News Release

The "Toxic Thirteen" - Sierra Club of Canada and MiningWatch Canada Call For a Federal Contaminated Sites Program

20.07.2001
Publication

After the Mine: Healing our Lands and Nations

06.07.2001
Publication

Financial Options for the Remediation of Mine Sites: A Preliminary Study

06.07.2001
Blog

TOXICanada: 13 Good Reasons to Establish A Clean Canada Fund

01.07.2001
Publication

Mining in Remote Areas: Issues and Impacts -- A Community Primer

11.05.2001
Blog

Royal Oak's Nasty Legacies: Colomac and Giant Mine Updates

25.03.2001
Blog

Federal Government Creating Inventory of Contaminated Sites

25.03.2001
Blog

Victory against plan to dump Toronto garbage in abandoned Adams mine

03.11.2000
Blog

Work on cleaning up abandoned mines continues

03.11.2000
News Release

Action needed on abandoned mines: Regulations not working at Britannia

03.11.2000
Blog

"Sustainable Development" in the Canadian Government

03.11.2000
Blog

Workshop on Women, Mining and the Environment held in Whitehorse

03.11.2000
Blog

Why Ivanhoe Mines is Incorporated in the Yukon: Sanctions and the Taxation of Foreign Mining Investment in Yukon and Canada

13.09.2000
Publication

On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale Mining

01.09.2000
News Release

Citizens oppose Niocan's proposed niobium mine in Oka, Québec

23.05.2000
Blog

Communications update - Newsletter #3

23.05.2000
Guest Publication

Mining's Many Faces: Environmental Mining Law and Policy in Canada

12.05.2000
Blog

Submission to the Public Hearings on applications by Canadian United Minerals for licences to conduct mineral exploration in Tombstone Park

01.05.2000
Blog

Contamination from abandoned mines gets a higher profile

23.02.2000
Blog

Stopping Mining in Tombstone Park

23.02.2000
Blog

Communications update - Newsletter #2

23.02.2000
Publication

Abandoned Mines in Canada

17.02.2000
News Release

Mining Association Environmental Report More Spin than Substance

31.01.2000
Blog

Critique of the Mining Association of Canada Environmental Progress Report, 1999

26.01.2000
Publication

Mining's Toxic Orphans: A Plan for Action on Federal Contaminated and Unsafe Mine Sites

11.01.2000
Blog

Balancing the Books: The Hidden Costs of Mining

22.11.1999
Publication

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27.10.1999
Blog

Innu Nation co-hosts aboriginal workshop with MiningWatch Canada

27.10.1999
Blog

Communications Update - Newsletter #1

27.10.1999
Publication

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining

30.09.1999
News Release

Innu Nation and MiningWatch Canada Host Aboriginal Workshop on Mining

17.09.1999
Blog

Keynote Speech by Daniel Ashini - Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aboriginal Communities and Mining

12.09.1999
News Release

Taxpayers to Pay for Clean-Up at Northern Mines: MiningWatch Canada and Regional Organizations Call for Preventive Measures

02.09.1999
Blog

Aboriginal Peoples and Mining in Canada: Six Case Studies

01.09.1999
Blog

EMCBC Mining and the Environment Primer: Labour

30.03.1998
Blog

EMCBC Mining and the Environment Primer: Mineral Efficiency

30.03.1998
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EMCBC Mining and the Environment Primer: Mineral Exploration

30.03.1998
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EMCBC Mining and the Environment Primer: Mineral Financing

30.03.1998

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