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Papua New Guinea: Response to Prime Minister’s Statement on Porgera Mine

08.07.2025
News Release

Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining

03.07.2025
MiningWatch in the News

At a Canadian-Owned Mine, a Mexican Union Alleges Dirty Tactics

30.06.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Environmental and civil society groups react: Bill C-5 becomes law, setting a dangerous precedent

26.06.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Global Activation Against Deep-Sea Mining: Take to the water for a moratorium

26.06.2025
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Defend the Glacier Law: Milei Acts Against Argentinian Water Reserves

17.06.2025
MiningWatch in the News

National Interest Bill Ignites Wave of Opposition

12.06.2025
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Legal setback for mining company Aclara: Chile’s Supreme Court overturns ruling against environmental defenders

12.06.2025
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The Alliance of municipalities of Petite-Nation Nord fulfills two of its promises regarding "La Loutre" mining project: a referendum and an expert committee.

11.06.2025
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Carrizalillo Denounces Equinox Gold's Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith

09.06.2025
News Release

Matawinie Graphite Project: New Report Reveals Impacts on Water from Exploration of a “Strategic” Mineral in Lanaudière, Québec

05.06.2025
Friends of MiningWatch

Brazil: Intimidation against the Mining Observatory

28.05.2025
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Respect Xinka Self-Determination over Canadian-Owned Mine in Guatemala

28.05.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Ontario wants to speed up mine approvals. Critics say it's using the tariff threat as a pretext

22.05.2025
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
News Release

More than 100 International Organizations Call on Argentinian Authorities to Stop Criminalizing Environmental Defenders in the Province of Chubut

14.05.2025
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
MiningWatch in the News

Mining executive under fire for email to Indigenous leader

08.05.2025
News Release

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

06.05.2025
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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
Friends of MiningWatch

Rogue industry actions signal urgent need to strengthen global governance through a moratorium on deep-sea mining

29.04.2025
MiningWatch in the News

Ontario's push to fast-track Ring of Fire mining may actually delay the development it seeks to speed up

28.04.2025
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
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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
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
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

Important victory for citizens: CPTAQ denies Canada Carbon project for a graphite mine

20.03.2025
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Abject failure: Canada’s would-be human rights watchdog leaves Bangladeshi garment workers languishing in poverty

14.03.2025
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
MiningWatch in the News

Outraged by Toronto mining convention, demonstrators disrupt opening day proceedings

03.03.2025
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
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

05.02.2025
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

13.01.2025
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
News Release

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

22.07.2024
News Release

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

18.07.2024
News Release

Organizations Ask Canadian Embassy to Uphold Human Rights Commitments in Panama

17.07.2024
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
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
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
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
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
News Release

Environmental Experts Raise Alarm over Weakening of Impact Assessment Act

02.05.2024
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
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

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
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
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

29.02.2024
News Release

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

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
News Release

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

16.02.2024
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

08.02.2024
MiningWatch in the News

Plane crash a reminder ‘getting to work is dangerous’ for many miners

01.02.2024
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
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
News Release

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

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
News Release

BC Lags on Key Commitment as Environmental Assessment Act Turns Five Years Old

27.11.2023
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
News Release

Communities Demand Accountability for Mining Injustices in the Dominican Republic

15.11.2023
News Release

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

10.11.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

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

17.10.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Wells residents already experiencing negative impacts just days after mine approval

17.10.2023
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
News Release

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

22.09.2023
News Release

Proposed tailings dam expansion would become world’s second largest yet doesn’t automatically require environmental assessment

14.09.2023
MiningWatch in the News

Challenging Mining Corporations at the International Level

12.09.2023
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
News Release

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

06.09.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

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

01.09.2023
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
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
News Release

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

15.06.2023
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
News Release

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

05.06.2023
News Release

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

05.06.2023
News Release

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

31.05.2023
News Release

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

25.05.2023
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
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

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

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
MiningWatch in the News

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

03.04.2023
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
News Release

Public Interest Groups at Supreme Court of Canada to Defend Federal Environmental Law from Alberta Challenge

21.03.2023
Friends of MiningWatch

Climate Groups Sound the Alarm on Public Transit Death Spiral

15.03.2023
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

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

07.03.2023
MiningWatch in the News

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

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
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
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining

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
News Release

ADVISORY: Public Demonstration Calling for a Global Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining

02.02.2023
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

27.12.2022
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B.C. law reform group applies to be intervener in First Nation’s petition against mining claims

16.12.2022
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Environmental Organizations Apply to Intervene in Gitxaała Nation’s Legal Case Against Unwanted Mining

15.12.2022
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Indigenous nations in the Amazon urge Canada to strengthen mining rules

15.12.2022
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Advocates at biodiversity conference push back against plan to expedite approvals for critical minerals mines

14.12.2022
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Canadian gold miner Belo Sun accused of misleading investors

14.12.2022
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Trudeau hosts biodiversity summit while promising more support for mining industry

13.12.2022
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Faster Push for Critical Minerals Threatens Environment, Indigenous Rights

12.12.2022
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Canada Program Co-Lead Jamie Kneen on CBC's The National and the World at Six

12.12.2022
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Report Finds that Canada's Policies on Human Rights and Environment Defenders are Effectively Meaningless

11.12.2022
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Ottawa's Critical Minerals Strategy: Mixed Reactions on the North Shore

09.12.2022
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A battery-powered green future? Canada has a strategy for that

09.12.2022
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Ottawa's critical mineral strategy calls for faster project approvals

09.12.2022
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Canada seeks to shore up critical minerals supply chain as geopolitical tensions rise

09.12.2022
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Canada Program Co-Lead Rodrigue Turgeon on CBC's The National

07.12.2022
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Canadian Companies Can Continue to Profit from Modern Slavery

29.11.2022
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Canada's top five federal contaminated sites to cost taxpayers billions to clean up

27.11.2022
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'Barrick is responsible for the violence': New lawsuit filed in Ontario about troubled Tanzania mine

23.11.2022
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Barrick Gold faces Ontario lawsuit for alleged killings and abuses at Tanzanian mine

23.11.2022
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Barrick Slapped with Third Lawsuit on Same Human Rights Abuses at Tanzanian Mine: ‘Business as Usual’? 

23.11.2022
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Barrick Gold’s ongoing chapter in Canadian mining history

22.11.2022
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Mining Claims: the Urgent Need for a Moratorium

21.11.2022
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Barrick Gold under fire by UN for toxic spills from Veladero mine in Argentina

17.11.2022
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UN Calls Out Polluting Argentine Mine

16.11.2022
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A new mine could position Quebec as a lithium leader, but its rocky past worries locals

15.11.2022
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B.C. company watching closely as opposition grows to deep-sea mining

10.11.2022
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COP27: Local communities must not pay the price as the world scrambles to extract transition minerals

01.11.2022
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Climate changed: Mining industry digs into alternative methods as risks rise

20.10.2022
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Freeland Decries ‘Curse of Oil’, Urges Tighter Economic Ties Among Allies

13.10.2022
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Lab-grown diamonds offer lower-cost, environmentally sustainable sparkle

13.10.2022
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COP27: Over 200 organisations call on UNFCCC Secretariat & State parties to put human rights at the centre of climate action

12.10.2022
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Barrick in Charge: Ongoing Killings of Local Kuria by Mine Police and Forced Evictions at the North Mara Gold Mine

11.10.2022
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Mining Accountability Conference Asserts “We Can’t Mine our Way out of Climate Change”

07.10.2022
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Independent Study Confirming Serious Risks with Loma Larga: Coverage in the Financial Post

07.10.2022
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Why doesn’t B.C. have mining regulations that Brazil, Ecuador and China already have?

05.10.2022
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A Ticking Time Bomb: Independent Review Reveals Serious Risks at Proposed Loma Larga Mine

29.09.2022
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New Modelling Predicts Deep Sea Mining by Tonga and The Metals Company to Pollute Hawaii and Kiribati Waters

28.09.2022
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OECD Faults Canada Over Handling of Complaint Related to Malaysian Political Family’s Real Estate Group

26.09.2022
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Mining claims: Movement expands to 9 RCMs representing 142 municipalities

19.09.2022
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Canadian EV Battery Industry Could Hit $48B Per Year

15.09.2022
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Canadian-owned mining company and executives found guilty of involuntary homicide after Burkina Faso flood disaster

15.09.2022
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South Africa Tailings Tragedy Shows Need for Stronger Regulation and Effective Enforcement

12.09.2022
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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
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Pressure is on to start mining the deep sea. Is it worth it?

04.09.2022
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A tiny fraction of the high seas are protected. Why a UN treaty is needed now more than ever

26.08.2022
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Unprecedented Boom in Mining Claims Around Mont Tremblant and Southern Quebec: Call for Moratorium

18.08.2022
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The Metals Company: From Riches to Rags… to Penny Stocks?

16.08.2022
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Guatemalan Mine Consultation Enters New Phase

12.08.2022
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How the energy transition was used as justification to continue mining during the pandemic

04.08.2022
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Health, Environment, Economy: Quebec Must Stop Being a Mining Wild West, Says New Survey

02.08.2022
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U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of deadly Brazil mine collapse and flood

22.07.2022
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B.C. has a growing mine waste problem. The risks could be catastrophic.

14.07.2022
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New Analysis Confirms High Risk, Threats Posed by B.C.'s Booming Mining Sector

14.07.2022
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B.C. company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

04.07.2022
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MPs study resource extraction and violence against Indigenous women

28.06.2022
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Exporting ‘reconciliation’

23.06.2022
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Justice Delayed - Thirty Villagers Win Decades-Old Case Against Canadian Gold Mine in Philippines

21.06.2022
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B.C. mining company recovers final two bodies of eight workers killed in Burkina Faso flood

20.06.2022
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Batteries and Polluted Water: Citizens Begin Independent Environmental Monitoring of NMG-Pallinghurst Project

16.06.2022
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Rally calls for environmental accountability of mining companies

15.06.2022
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Baru Gold Ignores Court Order, Putting Lives of Indonesians at Risk

15.06.2022
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Canada Pushes More Mining During PDAC 2022, Even as Indigenous Leaders are Detained in Ecuador

14.06.2022
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'Rapid development' of mines 'urgently required' – Canada's resources minister

14.06.2022
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Barrick facing new allegations of contamination near Veladero mine in Argentina

13.06.2022
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Community Groups Resisting Mining from the Philippines to the High Arctic Block Entrance to World’s Biggest Mining Convention in Toronto

13.06.2022
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Indigenous people protest opening of world’s largest mining fair

13.06.2022
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Communities in Argentina Denounce the Government for Promoting the Esquel Mine During PDAC 2022

13.06.2022
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The Shuar Arutam People Reject Mining Convention in Canada (PDAC)

10.06.2022
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Indonesian Women Win Legal Victory to Protect Small Island Home From Canadian Baru Gold

10.06.2022
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Economic development should serve all, Trudeau says as Chile reforms mining sector

07.06.2022
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Shopify finds conflict minerals in its third-party manufactured components

03.06.2022
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Tailings dam ruptures still happen even with industry standards, say critics

03.06.2022
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Extreme Weather is Making Mining Waste a Major Problem

02.06.2022
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Tailings dams must get community consent, ensure zero harm - report

01.06.2022
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Blink and It's Gone: TMC's First AGM is a Sham

01.06.2022
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Canadian company criticized following deadly mine flooding

31.05.2022
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Acquisition of Yamana Gold Proceeds as Two More Water Defenders Arrested in Andalgalá, Argentina

31.05.2022
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Mining Industry Standard Failing to Make Waste Dams Safe

31.05.2022
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Bodies of two more missing workers found at B.C. company’s Burkina Faso mine

30.05.2022
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URGENT COMMUNIQUÉ Two arrested in Andalgalá for fighting against the M.A.R.A. - AGUA RICA installation

30.05.2022
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Putting the brakes on electric vehicles

28.05.2022
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Canadian Mining and the Tragedy in Burkina Faso

26.05.2022
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'Astonishingly poor response': Industry watchdog criticizes B.C. company after deaths of 4 Burkina Faso miners

26.05.2022
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Organizations Ask Minister to Withdraw 5161 Mining Claims Affecting Eskers of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

25.05.2022
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New Report Released: COVID-19 and Resistance to the Mining Pandemic

24.05.2022
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Mine Waste Leaves Toxic Legacies in South Africa - And International Launch of Tailings Report

24.05.2022
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Pan American Silver Ignores Community Demands at AGM

12.05.2022
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African Mine Disaster Turns Spotlight on Canadian Mining Firms

10.05.2022
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Statement on the Alberta Court of Appeal Ruling on Federal Environmental Assessment Law

10.05.2022
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Eight miners enter fourth week trapped in flooded Canadian-owned mine in West Africa

09.05.2022
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Statement: Summit of Peoples Affected by Pan American Silver

05.05.2022
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Catamarca, Argentina: Andalgalá Repressed, Many Wounded

03.05.2022
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Barrick’s Rhetoric Belies the Lived Reality of Communities at its Mines Around the World

03.05.2022
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Canadian Companies Expected to Uphold Ethical Standards Abroad Under New Strategy

29.04.2022
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Family of Murdered Mexican Environment Defender Seek Leave to Appeal to Canada’s Supreme Court

19.04.2022
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Between a rock and an arts place: can a B.C. town survive another gold rush?

09.04.2022
News Release

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

06.04.2022
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Galaxy Lithium's James Bay Project Would Cause Important Arsenic Contamination

01.04.2022
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More Pain for The Metals Company in Quarterly Results

31.03.2022
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Abitibi-Témiscamingue Groups Launch Petition in Support of Long Point First Nation

31.03.2022
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‘Deeply disturbing’ report raises questions about federal interventions supporting Canadian mining companies overseas despite human rights concerns

30.03.2022
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NDP MPs table private bills to improve accountability of Canadian companies abroad

29.03.2022
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Two Bills Tabled in Parliament Today Pave Way Towards Corporate Accountability in Canada

29.03.2022
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The Meseta is Not a Sacrifice Zone

26.03.2022
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Canadians Call for a Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

24.03.2022
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Quebec Budget 2022: More Mining, Less Recycling

23.03.2022
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Long Point First Nation Requests Indigenous-Led Impact Assessment and a Cumulative Impact Assessment on All Sayona Mining Lithium Activities

21.03.2022
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Seabed mineral exploration licences approved in the Cook Islands

15.03.2022
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Sham Company, Sham Process, Sham Regulatory Authority

09.03.2022
News Release

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

02.03.2022
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Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB) Partners with Brazilian Public Universities to Study Impacts of Dam Breach

23.02.2022
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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
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Chile in the crosshairs of a Canadian resource rush

15.02.2022
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Lake Babine Celebrates BC's Rejection of Proposed Morrison Mine

08.02.2022
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Oversights and overstatements: where B.C.’s mine waste audit fell short

04.02.2022
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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
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Statement from the Panamanian Union of Small Farmers on the Mining Contract with First Quantum Minerals

02.02.2022
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Chile is in for a mining boom. Could a new constitution prevent environmental catastrophe?

28.01.2022
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New Report Recommends First Nations in B.C. Take Immediate Control of Mining in Their Territories

27.01.2022
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Commons Podcast: Barrick and the Cruelty of Gold

21.01.2022
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Why Imperial Metals surrendered its mining rights in B.C.’s Skagit headwaters

20.01.2022
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Canadians ask Federal Government to Support Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

20.01.2022
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ArcelorMittal has increased its environmental violations

20.12.2021
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Deep sea ‘gold rush’

18.12.2021
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Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water

17.12.2021
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The Metals Company’s Fortunes Sink As Deep Sea Governance Body Meets to Rush Rules

09.12.2021
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Closing the loop: B.C.’s role in recycling battery metals and minerals to power the electric vehicle revolution

08.12.2021
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Report Highlights 8 Recent Cases: B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining

06.12.2021
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25 Municipalities Urge Quebec for Increased Environmental Protection From a Graphite Mining Boom

06.12.2021
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The terrible paradox of the green energy transition

23.11.2021
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New Report Maps Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition

23.11.2021
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Could an Indigenous conservation area in Hudson Bay also be the key to saving carbon-rich peatlands?

06.11.2021
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First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform

26.10.2021
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The Geopolitics of the False Green Transition

22.10.2021
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Bolivian Citizens Block Mill Operations, Accuse Canadian Company of Destroying UNESCO World Heritage Site

20.10.2021
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Mexican Organisations Call for Investigation into Canadian Embassy in Mexico

18.10.2021
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Communiqué of the collectives and communities of Oaxaca against "Canada-Oaxaca 2021 Indigenous Encounters"

13.10.2021
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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
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MiningWatch Supports Complaint Filed with OECD Against Canada’s National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

07.10.2021
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Canadian miners pursue prospects in war-torn Tigray

04.10.2021
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International NGOs Stand with Dominicans Opposed to Pueblo Viejo Mine Expansion

04.10.2021
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Brazilians Still Without Water Six Months after Mine Dam Breach

27.09.2021
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Dispossession in Collusion with the Government of Guanajuato, Mexico

20.09.2021
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B.C. government failing to regulate dam safety, Auditor-General’s report finds

16.09.2021
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Hundreds of land defenders were killed in 2020, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

15.09.2021
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
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Busting British Columbia’s "Sustainable" Mining Myths – Backgrounder

13.09.2021
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Mount Polley Mine Loses at B.C. Environmental Appeal Board

08.09.2021
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Can B.C. stake its claim as a leader in responsible mineral extraction?

24.08.2021
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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
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Activists Call for Protection of Xinka Leaders Participating in Escobal Mine Consultation

18.08.2021
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Nuxalk Nation calls on Juggernaut Exploration to cease operations and leave Nuxalk territory

16.08.2021
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Leaked report accuses Canada of covering for mining companies in war-torn Ethiopia

13.08.2021
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Coalition Finds Noront Has Not Disclosed Business Risk from Indigenous Opposition, Calls for OSC to Investigate Ring of Fire Proponent

06.08.2021
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Seven Years after Mount Polley Disaster, Mine Waste Still Flows into Quesnel Lake

04.08.2021
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Investor Alert: Belo Sun Discloses Misleading Information to Investors Regarding Controversial Gold Mining Project in Brazilian Amazon

29.07.2021
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Are Canadian uranium workers still more likely to die from lung cancer?

22.07.2021
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Credibility Crisis: Brumadinho and the Politics of Mining Industry Reform

16.07.2021
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Investor Alert: Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Top Environmental, Social, Governance Risks for EV Batteries

29.06.2021
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Petition Launched in Canada for International Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining

22.06.2021
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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
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Shareholder Advisory Alerts Investors on DeepGreen-SOAC Merger

25.05.2021
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It’s the End of Oil: Blockbuster IEA Report Urges No New Fossil Development

19.05.2021
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SARW Opposes Attempts by First Quantum Minerals to Silence It Through Court Action

18.05.2021
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Revealed: The Dirty Secrets Behind B.C.'s Claim to Be a World-Class Mining Jurisdiction, New Report

17.05.2021
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Sayona Mining Exploration in Témiscamingue: Long Point First Nation Asks Government to Immediately Suspend the Tansim Project

13.05.2021
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The Blackwash Part Two: Crimes against Black people no obstacle for signing the BlackNorth pledge

12.05.2021
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Barrick Gold Mines Focus of Conflict Globally

04.05.2021
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Civil Society and Downstream Users to Barrick: No Dominican Republic Expansion

04.05.2021
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Turkey is the latest victim of a billion-dollar corporate heist

23.04.2021
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Billionaires leading push for nuclear reactors in Canadian mining

19.04.2021
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Barrick Gold lost its 'social licence' in Papua New Guinea. This is the price it's paying to earn it back

15.04.2021
News Release

No Relief for 4000 People Affected by Brazil Mine Spill

07.04.2021
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Barrick Forces Hand of Papua New Guinea Government in Reopening Porgera Mine

06.04.2021
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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
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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
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Organization Denounces PDAC Indigenous Leaders’ Roundtable

10.03.2021
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Ecuador: Shuar Representative Denounces Threats from Canadian Mining Company

09.03.2021
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Taseko's Gibraltar Mine in B.C.: The Tŝilhqot’in Nation Preparing for Environmental Appeal Board Hearing

08.03.2021
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Greenwash + Blank Cheque Company ≠  Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance

05.03.2021
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Ecuador: Final hearing for endemic species case at Llurimagua mining concession to be held on March 11, 2021

04.03.2021
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‘Too risky’: Atikamekw blockade targets open-pit mining project in Northern Quebec

03.03.2021
News Release

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

02.03.2021
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Canadian parliament asked to probe role of mining companies in PH killings 

28.02.2021
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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
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One Thing Jason Kenney and Elizabeth May Agree On

24.02.2021
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How to Fix Mining for the Green Energy Explosion

22.02.2021
News Release

Environmental Groups In Court To Defend Federal Environmental Law from Attack by Government of Alberta

22.02.2021
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Open Letter to United Nations Global Compact Ecuador from the Government Council of the Shuar Arutam Peoples

19.02.2021
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Canadian companies’ watchdog still unable to receive complaints about human rights abuses abroad

17.02.2021
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The Atikamekw of Manawan Firmly Denounce the Government Decree Granted to Nouveau Monde Graphite for an Open Pit Mine in Ancestral Territory 

12.02.2021
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Sinking Seabed Mining: Papua New Guinean, Australian and New Zealand civil society welcome ban on seabed mining in Northern Territory

11.02.2021
News Release

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

10.02.2021
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Complaint Submitted to the IACHR Regarding Mining Zoning Bill Violating Indigenous Rights

10.02.2021
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Welcomes Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Viviana Herrera

01.02.2021
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
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New Map Shows Dozens of Mine Pollution Threats in BC 

19.01.2021
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
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Nouveau Monde Graphite Still Has No Consent from Atikamekw Nation 

11.12.2020
News Release

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

04.12.2020
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The glaring problem with Canada’s solar sector and how to fix it

27.11.2020
News Release

Shuar Arutam people announce the submission of a complaint to the ILO against the Ecuadorian State

23.11.2020
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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
News Release

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

05.11.2020
News Release

Equinox Gold uses violence against the people in Guerrero

03.11.2020
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First Ever Inclusive Virtual Island-Wide Multi-Sectoral Consultation to Amplify the Voices of the People of Tonga

02.11.2020
MiningWatch in the News

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

01.11.2020
News Release

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

21.10.2020
News Release

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

20.10.2020
News Release

Groups say federal funding of new nuclear reactors is a “dirty, dangerous distraction” from tackling climate change

20.10.2020
News Release

Landmark Rights of Nature Case To Be Heard in Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Could Affect Canadian Mining Companies

15.10.2020
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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
News Release

New Report Finds Worsening Water Pollution from Mining in Kamloops, BC

05.10.2020
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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
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Major Legal Victory for Endemic Species in Ecuador Rights of Nature Case

25.09.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

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

23.09.2020
News Release

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

22.09.2020
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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
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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
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PNG communities will have their day in court!

17.09.2020
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
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'A sacred spot': why goldmining threatens Nova Scotia's 'wildest' river

31.08.2020
MiningWatch in the News

Podcast: Does mining fit into a clean energy future?

31.08.2020
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New Research Conducted at Los Cedros Reserve Provides Insights into Plant-Fungi Symbiosis

28.08.2020
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Ecuador: Statement from the People’s Council for Cuenca’s Water

27.08.2020
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Chile: 14 Reasons Why Cannot Allow the Pascua Lama Mining Project to Continue

26.08.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

Plan for Tulsequah Chief Mine Closure and Cleanup Is Major Milestone

13.08.2020
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
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
News Release

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

30.06.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

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

20.06.2020
News Release

Canadian Ambassador to Ecuador Called Out for Promoting COVID-19 As Opportunity for Mining Investment

19.06.2020
MiningWatch in the News

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

17.06.2020
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
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
News Release

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

02.06.2020
News Release

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

25.05.2020
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
Friends of MiningWatch

Wilderness Committee Discovers Illegal Mining Claim in Nopiming Provincial Park

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
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
News Release

Barrick Gold AGM Faces Continued Failure on Human Rights

05.05.2020
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
MiningWatch in the News

What Mining Means for Nova Scotia (Part 2)

11.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

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

06.04.2020
Friends of MiningWatch

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

25.03.2020
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
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

19.02.2020
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

31.01.2020
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
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
News Release

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

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
News Release

Where Does Canada Stand on Deep Sea Mining?

22.11.2019
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

08.11.2019
News Release

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

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
News Release

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

29.10.2019
News Release

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

25.10.2019
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
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
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
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

Tŝilhqot’in Nation Welcomes Injunction Halting Taseko Drilling Program

06.09.2019
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
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
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
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
News Release

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

17.07.2019
News Release

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

16.07.2019
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

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

04.07.2019
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

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

01.07.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

Barrick Negotiations with Papua New Guinea Landowners Stall

26.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

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

24.06.2019
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
MiningWatch in the News

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

07.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

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

06.06.2019
MiningWatch in the News

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

06.06.2019
News Release

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

29.05.2019
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
News Release

Senate Amendments, Weak Proposed Regulations Threaten to Push Federal Environmental Assessment Bill C-69 Into Irrelevance

14.05.2019
Friends of MiningWatch

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

13.05.2019
News Release

Xinka People of Guatemala and International Allies Concerned Pan American Silver Will Continue Unwanted Intervention

09.05.2019
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
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
News Release

Over 50 Organizations Urge World Bank to Boost Recycling, Circular Economy & Non-Mining Solutions for a Truly Climate Smart Agenda

01.05.2019
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

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

08.04.2019
MiningWatch in the News

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

08.04.2019
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

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

02.04.2019
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
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
News Release

Organizations ask the UN to Intervene in the Protection of the Santurbán Páramo, at Risk From Mining

13.03.2019
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

Tragedy Strikes Again in Brazil, This Time at Canadian Owned Mine

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

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
MiningWatch in the News

Why Canada wants regime change in Venezuela

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
Friends of MiningWatch

Nova Scotia Ministry of Energy and Mines Withholds Toxic Leak Information

28.01.2019
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
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
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

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

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
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
News Release

GAME OVER! Papua New Guinea Deep Sea Mining Experiment Fails

11.12.2018
MiningWatch in the News

Proposed Lithium Mine in Quebec Town Galvanizes Residents Who Fear for Their Water Supply

29.11.2018
News Release

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

28.11.2018
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

09.11.2018
News Release

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

07.11.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Justice for Roşia Montană! Roşia Montană Voices to be Heard in Illegal Romanian Gold Mine Litigation

05.11.2018
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
News Release

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

28.09.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

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

24.09.2018
News Release

Indigenous District Council Rejects Shoddy Environment and Social Impact Assessment Proposed Mining by Canadian Company on Marudi Mountain Threatens our Sacred Sites and Rights

21.09.2018
News Release

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

20.09.2018
News Release

More Than One Hundred Organizations Call for the Annulment of Sentence Against Aymara Spokesperson in the Peruvian Supreme Court and Reject the Unjust Payment of USD $31 Million to Canadian Mining Company Bear Creek

13.09.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Bougainville: To mine or not to mine?

12.09.2018
News Release

First Nation, Citizens Oppose Pancontinental Resources’ Mining Project in Sensitive Watershed Area Near Bancroft, Ontario

10.09.2018
News Release

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

04.09.2018
News Release

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

04.09.2018
MiningWatch in the News

What happens if Imperial Metals goes bankrupt?

27.08.2018
News Release

Oceans Face Ultimate Threat from Deep Sea Mining

24.07.2018
MiningWatch in the News

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

16.07.2018
News Release

New ‘Stand for Water’ Tour Kicks Off Today in British Columbia: First Nations, Citizens, Environmental Groups Join in Williams Lake

17.05.2018
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
News Release

New Ferrochrome Plant Proposal in Northern Ontario: Are the Impacts Worth the Benefits?

27.04.2018
News Release

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

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
News Release

Park & Waters at Threat from Quebec Open Pit Graphite Mine for Electric Batteries

13.04.2018
News Release

Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary

05.04.2018
News Release

Environmental Groups Give Federal Impact Assessment Act C-minus Grade

29.03.2018
News Release

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

23.03.2018
News Release

Guatemalan Constitutional Court Keeps Tahoe Resources Operations Suspended, Orders Presentation of Further Documentation

09.03.2018
News Release

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

05.03.2018
MiningWatch in the News

Canada mining murder in Mexico

05.03.2018
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
News Release

Asbestos Is The Biggest Killer Of Quebec Workers: Urgent Appeal to Political Leaders To Take Action

20.02.2018
Friends of MiningWatch

Eabametoong First Nation Forced to Head to Court to Protect Homelands from Mining in Ontario

07.02.2018
News Release

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

06.02.2018
News Release

Campaign Financing and the Ontario Mining Industry’s Political Influence

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
MiningWatch in the News

A small town in Quebec could power the next wave of electric cars

30.01.2018
News Release

Environmental Experts Lay Out Expectations for Federal Environmental Assessment Bill

25.01.2018
News Release

Arcelor Mittal's Mont Wright Expansion Project: Five Recommendations from Quebec Meilleure Mine

24.01.2018
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

B.C. Rejects KGHM Ajax Mine - Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) Reaction

14.12.2017
News Release

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

07.12.2017
MiningWatch in the News

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

06.12.2017
News Release

NGOs Encourage GNWT to Produce Modern Mining Legislation

06.12.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Court upholds decision to block Taseko mine near Williams Lake

06.12.2017
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
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

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

16.11.2017
News Release

New Report – UN Body Alarmed by Mining Waste Disasters Worldwide

13.11.2017
News Release

Organisations Ask Prime Minister Trudeau To Take Action on Corruption

30.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Canada Has Second-Worst Mining Record in World: UN

27.10.2017
News Release

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

27.10.2017
News Release

New Report - UN Body Urges Mining Companies To Put Safety First

23.10.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Former Attorney General of Papua New Guinea warns potential investors - Nautilus is a risky deal!

19.10.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Alaskans Comment in Record Numbers to Preserve EPA’s Proposed Protections for Bristol Bay

18.10.2017
News Release

Groups Across Canada Urge Trudeau Government to Protect 100% of Lakes and Rivers

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
Friends of MiningWatch

Mexican Organizations Demand that Canadian Corporations Stop Mining Activities near Nuclear Power Plant

10.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News

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

02.10.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Guatemala court clarifies consultation area, denies action on export permit

27.09.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

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

25.09.2017
MiningWatch in the News

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

20.09.2017
News Release

Madagascar Farmers Confront Canadian Junior Mining Company

12.09.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Digging for the truth

03.09.2017
News Release

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

18.08.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Maliseet leaders to attend mining ministers conference in St. Andrews

14.08.2017
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

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

04.08.2017
News Release

New Film Being Made About Mount Polley Mine Disaster

01.08.2017
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
MiningWatch in the News

Kamloops Council, First Nations & Groups Ask B.C. to Suspend Controversial Ajax Mine Proposal

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

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

21.06.2017
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

01.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

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

24.05.2017
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

Finally! New National Inventory for Orphaned and Abandoned Mine Sites

10.05.2017
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

Apple’s Commitment to a No-Mining Future Makes Deep Sea Mining Unnecessary

02.05.2017
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
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
News Release

Malartic: Citizens Outraged With Recent Goverment Authorization

20.04.2017
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
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
News Release

Expert Panel Report Calls for Broad Changes in Federal Environmental Assessment Law

06.04.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation's opposition to Ajax receives strong backing

03.04.2017
Friends of MiningWatch

Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) Building Allies Across B.C. and Canada to Oppose KGHM’s Ajax Mine in Kamloops

01.04.2017
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
News Release

25,000 Canadians Join First Nations, Local Residents in Seeking Justice for Canada's Biggest Mining Spill

27.03.2017
News Release

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

24.03.2017
News Release

Canadians Have High Expectations for Assessment Law Reform, Environmental Experts Say

21.03.2017
News Release

Media Advisory – Leading Experts to Outline Expectations for Environmental Assessment Reform

20.03.2017
MiningWatch in the News

Profs call for action on extraction ombudsperon

16.03.2017
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

MiningWatch Urges B.C. & Canada to Honour Indigenous-led Environmental Review Panel’s Decision To Reject KGHM’s Ajax Mine

07.03.2017
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
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

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

16.02.2017
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

Urgent Communiqué on the Shutdown of Acción Ecológica

20.12.2016
News Release

World Bank Divests from Eco Oro Minerals and Mining in Colombian Páramos

20.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

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

14.12.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Indigenous land defence: An evening of speakers and multimedia in Ottawa

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
MiningWatch in the News

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

05.12.2016
News Release

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

01.12.2016
News Release

Mining Affected First Nations and Citizens Join Efforts in Urging the Quebec Government to Respect Their Rights

21.11.2016
News Release

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

16.11.2016
News Release

Murder of Young Assistant from Guatemalan Environmental Organization is Evidence of Escalating Risk to Human Rights Defenders

16.11.2016
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
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
News Release

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

21.10.2016
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
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

BC Government Stalling on Mount Polley Mining Corporation Reports

10.10.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

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

06.10.2016
News Release

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

04.10.2016
Friends of MiningWatch

Time to Get Serious about EA Reform in Ontario

04.10.2016
MiningWatch in the News

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

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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

12.09.2016
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
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

Nunavut hunters pleased but not surprised that feds rejected Areva's uranium mine

27.07.2016
News Release

Guatemalans Demand Answers from Distastefully-Named Gunpoint Exploration

06.07.2016
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
News Release

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

10.06.2016
News Release

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

09.06.2016
News Release

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

30.05.2016
News Release

Malartic Mine Expansion: Quebec Environment Minister Rushes into Public Hearings Despite Community Concerns

29.05.2016
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
News Release

Conservation Council of New Brunswick Comments on Sisson Mine Project Environmental Assessment Report

18.05.2016
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
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
MiningWatch in the News

MiningWatch Canada releases damning report on KGHM-Ajax

19.04.2016
News Release

New Report on AJAX Mine: Hundreds of Millions of Unaccounted Costs, Complaint to B.C. Securities Commission Recommended

18.04.2016
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
News Release

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

01.04.2016
News Release

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

23.03.2016
News Release

Ignoring Best Practices, Four B.C./Alaska Transboundary Mines Risk Repeating Mount Polley Disaster

22.03.2016
News Release

Malartic Open Pit Mine in Quebec Should Serve As a Cautionary Tale for the AJAX Mine in Kamloops

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
News Release

Uranium: Groups Slam Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

03.03.2016
News Release

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

04.02.2016
News Release

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

22.01.2016
News Release

B.C., Federal Governments Urged to Halt Ajax Mine Project Review Until Full Feasibility Study Is Released

19.01.2016
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

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

10.12.2015
News Release

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

09.12.2015
News Release

Tahoe Resources’ Former Security Manager Turns Fugitive

01.12.2015
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

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

10.11.2015
News Release

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

06.11.2015
News Release

SOS: The World’s Oceans Facing Emergency; Singapore Summit Set to Worsen the Crisis

05.11.2015
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

No Full Disclosure for New Mining Transparency Act in Quebec

22.10.2015
News Release

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

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
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
News Release

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

21.09.2015
News Release

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

15.09.2015
News Release

AREVA’s "Kiggavik" Uranium Project: Federal Government Called to Uphold Nunavut Impact Review Board’s ‘No-Go’ Recommendation

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

Worldwide Pressure on the International Seabed Authority for a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining

20.07.2015
News Release

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

20.07.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

Red Light for Uranium Mining in Quebec: Quebec meillure mine Coalition Welcomes the Independent Panel Conclusions

17.07.2015
News Release

Ecuador: Girón advances toward a community plebiscite to stop mining in Kimsacocha

12.07.2015
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

Nautilus Minerals: Investor and Shareholder Alert

16.06.2015
News Release

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

12.05.2015
News Release

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

11.05.2015
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
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
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
News Release

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

10.04.2015
News Release

Wiretap Transcripts Raise Troubling Questions About Tahoe Resources' Militarized Security

07.04.2015
Friends of MiningWatch

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

06.04.2015
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

A Mount Polley in Waiting – The Harper Creek Mine Should Not Open

25.03.2015
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
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
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

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

09.02.2015
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
News Release

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

03.02.2015
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Proud to Announce Ugo Lapointe as New Canada Program Coordinator

02.02.2015
News Release

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

19.01.2015
News Release

The Colombian Ministry of the Environment should ensure that there will be no large-scale mining in the páramo of Santurbán

22.12.2014
News Release

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

18.12.2014
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
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
News Release

Edgewater Exploration's Spanish Subsidiary in Critical Economic Situation

30.10.2014
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
News Release

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

20.10.2014
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
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
News Release

In Memory of Marilyn Crawford

02.09.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Secwepemc First Nation Evicts Imperial Metals

22.08.2014
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
News Release

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

05.08.2014
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
News Release

Federal Government Blocks Completion of Nunavut Land Use Plan, Denies Funding for Final Public Consultation

03.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Taseko Mines Limited Remains in Denial Post Title Decision

02.07.2014
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
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

Provincial Candidates Support Goal of Full Protection for Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest

10.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

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

10.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

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

02.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Premier Gold Proposes Mine with Significant Environmental Damage, Minimal Environmental or First Nations Scrutiny

30.05.2014
News Release

Wolf Lake Coalition to Press Provincial Candidates’ and Leaders’ Commitment to Protecting World’s Largest Old Growth Red Pine Forest

28.05.2014
News Release

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

22.05.2014
News Release

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

16.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

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

15.05.2014
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

11.04.2014
News Release

International Coalition Supports El Salvador in Battle Against Canadian Mining Company

08.04.2014
News Release

Colombia’s Ministry of Environment unveils the demarcation of the Santurbán Páramo without specifying details of the measurements

07.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

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

04.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

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

31.03.2014
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
News Release

Rejection of New Prosperity Project Provides Clarity to Industry: Lake Destroying Projects and Projects Without Indigenous Consent Need Not Apply

27.02.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

First Nations Celebrate Federal Rejection of New Prosperity Mine Proposal

27.02.2014
News Release

Canadian Organizations Condemn Gold Company’s Lawsuit Against Costa Rica

13.02.2014
Friends of MiningWatch

Tsilhqot'in National Government: New Prosperity Must Be Rejected - Scathing Panel Reports Cannot Be Ignored

13.02.2014
News Release

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

10.02.2014
News Release

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

04.02.2014
News Release

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

07.01.2014
News Release

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

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

12.12.2013
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
News Release

Taseko’s Tactics Take New Tangent

02.12.2013
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
News Release

Taseko Fails On All Counts - Again: Conclusions of “New Prosperity” Review Panel Echo Previous Review

01.11.2013
News Release

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

28.10.2013
News Release

Third Mining Company Walks Out on Canada’s Extractives Counsellor

16.10.2013
News Release

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

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
News Release

Restart public review period for Sisson mine project: CCNB Action

10.10.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

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

07.10.2013
News Release

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

03.09.2013
News Release

Taseko's New Prosperity Project Fails on Environment, Human Rights, and Economics

22.08.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

Top Canadian Lake Ecologist Says Fish Lake Will be Dead in Ten Years if Mine Proceeds

20.08.2013
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

Nautilus Questioned on Economic Viability and Environmental Risks of Deep Sea Mining

26.06.2013
News Release

Nautilus Questioned on Economic Viability and Environmental Risks of Deep Sea Mining

26.06.2013
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
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

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

29.05.2013
News Release

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

25.05.2013
News Release

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

24.05.2013
News Release

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

22.05.2013
News Release

EAO Rejects Raven Coal Mine Application

21.05.2013
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

Algonquin Nations Call for Joint Review Panel for Rare Earths Project

06.05.2013
News Release

Report Reveals How Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project

06.05.2013
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
News Release

Cliffs and Feds Causing Unnecessary Delays to Ring of Fire Court Case, Lose Bid to Exclude Expert Evidence

18.03.2013
News Release

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

15.03.2013
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

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

04.03.2013
News Release

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

28.02.2013
News Release

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

25.02.2013
News Release

Upcoming Event: Defending Dissent when Life and Land are in Peril

21.02.2013
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
News Release

Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick

30.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch

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

30.01.2013
News Release

Honduran Mining Law Passed and Ratified, but the Fight is Not Over

24.01.2013
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
News Release

MiningWatch Urges Caution in Sensitive Yukon Ecosystem

12.12.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Canada Visits Demolished Protest Camp near Excellon Resources’ Mine in Durango, Mexico

03.12.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Tlingit Joint Clan Forum Rejects Proposed Tulsequah Chief Project

28.11.2012
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
News Release

Peel Mining Claims Worth Little: MiningWatch Canada Report for Yukon Conservation Society

19.11.2012
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
News Release

Aid Money Should Not Be Used to Support Australian Mining Interests in Africa

18.10.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Tŝilhqot’in Leaders and Communities Fully Opposed to “New” Prosperity Mine

03.10.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

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

03.10.2012
News Release

Investor Alert: MiningWatch Report Flags Significant Risks and Uncertainties Associated with Taseko Mines Limited

13.09.2012
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

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

22.08.2012
News Release

Chile: Communities and Government Officials Redraw Borders that Barrick Gold Seeks to Dissolve

07.08.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Excellon Resources Provokes Break-up of Negotiations with Mexican Landowners, Threatens Violation of Land Rental Contract

26.07.2012
News Release

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

20.07.2012
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
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

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

Talks Falter Between Excellon Resources and Communal Landowners of the Ejido 'La Sierrita'

28.06.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

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

25.06.2012
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
News Release

Complaint Filed Against World Bank Group for Funding Eco Oro Minerals' Gold Mine in Fragile Colombian Wetlands

13.06.2012
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
News Release

MiningWatch Welcomes Cree Call for Uranium Moratorium

06.06.2012
News Release

MiningWatch Canada to Oppose Licencing of Strateco’s Matoush Uranium Project at Hearings in Mistissini

04.06.2012
News Release

Mexican Workers, Landowners File Second Complaint Against Canadian Mining Company Excellon Resources

29.05.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin First Nations Have Serious Concerns About Proposed Rare Earth Open Pit Mine on Traditional Lands: Seek MOU With Matamec

01.05.2012
News Release

International Delegation Sends Strong Message to Goldcorp at Annual Shareholders' Meeting in South Porcupine, Ontario

30.04.2012
News Release

Shareholders Say Guatemalans Should Not Have to Pay for Goldcorp's Mess

17.04.2012
News Release

End of Training Program for Aboriginal People Threatens to Decrease Access to Jobs and Benefits of Mining

27.03.2012
News Release

Congolese Victims’ Pursuit of Justice Against Canadian Company Goes to Supreme Court

26.03.2012
News Release

Murder of Indigenous Opponent of Canadian Mine Sparks Protest at Canadian Embassy in Mexico City

21.03.2012
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
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
News Release

Parliamentary Environment Committee’s ‘Paint by Numbers’ Report Fails to Produce Credible Review of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

13.03.2012
News Release

Canadian Embassies Bring Journalists to Mining Convention from Countries Mired in Conflict

06.03.2012
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
News Release

From Coast to Coast, Canadian Groups Say Strong, Inclusive Federal Environmental Laws Are Needed

29.02.2012
News Release

Tŝilhqot’in Determined to Fight “New” Prosperity Proposal

29.02.2012
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
News Release

Federal Government’s Environmental Assessment Agenda Risks Public Health and Safety, Invites Environmental Disaster

20.02.2012
News Release

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

16.02.2012
Friends of MiningWatch

Yellowknives Dene in Court to Protect Drybones Bay

15.02.2012
News Release

SOPAC Framework on Deep Seabed Mining Will Disenfranchise Pacific Peoples

15.02.2012
News Release

Two Killed in Panama Mining Protests

08.02.2012
News Release

Quebec Coalition Appalled by Minister Kent's Approval for Matoush Uranium Exploration Project

06.02.2012
News Release

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

24.01.2012
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
News Release

Colombia: Marmato municipal council prohibits open-pit mining and resettlement of historic centre

06.01.2012
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
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
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
News Release

Parliamentary Review of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Abruptly Terminated

29.11.2011
News Release

Report Details Unacceptable Impacts from Deep Sea Mining by Canada's Nautilus Minerals

24.11.2011
News Release

Wahgoshig First Nation To Seek Inunction Against Solid Gold Resources Corp.

23.11.2011
News Release

Conservative Free Trade Agenda Low On Jobs, Environmental Protection

15.11.2011
News Release

Scientists Warn B.C. Mining Rush Would Harm Alaska and B.C. Salmon, Clean Water

15.11.2011
News Release

Philippine Province Bans Open Pit Mining – Affects TVI Pacific’s Operations

08.11.2011
News Release

Tsilhqot’in Statement of Commitment to Protect the Land that Sustains Us and Our Future Generations

03.11.2011
News Release

Ten Reasons Why Prosperity Mine Bid Will Fail

03.11.2011
News Release

Impoverishment, Not Development, Could Be End Result of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala, Says New Study

03.11.2011
News Release

Strong Reaction to Federal Decision on Ring of Fire EA

27.10.2011
News Release

CSR Counsellor Fails in First Attempt to Resolve Dispute as Excellon Resources Abandons Dialogue

27.10.2011
News Release

Attempt to Revive Proposed Prosperity Mine Must End Now

19.10.2011
News Release

Ivanhoe Flees Opposition in the Philippines

18.10.2011
News Release

Federal Government Cuts Off Environment Network, Indicates Disturbing Shift Away from Canadians’ Priorities

14.10.2011
News Release

Federal Decision Ignores First Nations and Public Input: Likely to Hinder Development in Ontario’s “Ring of Fire”

13.10.2011
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

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

27.09.2011
News Release

Goldcorp Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index

21.09.2011
News Release

In Response to Murder of Priest in Colombia, Canadian Civil Society Calls for Stronger Protection of Human Rights Defenders

15.09.2011
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
News Release

End the Costly and Pointless 'Prosperity' Mine Review Now, Tsilhqot'in Urge

26.08.2011
News Release

Algonquins Oppose Quebec Mining Act and Proposed Changes in Bill 14

22.08.2011
News Release

Guatemala Defies Human Rights Body, Refuses To Suspend Marlin Mine

04.08.2011
News Release

Lawsuit Against Mining Activist Rejected by Quebec Court

02.08.2011
News Release

No Social Licence and a Long List of Inadequacies, Yet Federal Review Panel Recommends Approval of Matoush Uranium Exploration Project

28.07.2011
News Release

Innu Forced to Protest Cap-Ex Ventures’ Exploration Activities

28.07.2011
News Release

Audit Reveals BC Environmental Assessment of Prosperity Mine Was Nothing But A Rubber Stamp

22.07.2011
News Release

Barriere Lake First Nation Celebrates Mining Company's Retreat!

22.07.2011
News Release

KI Passes Protocols and Water Declaration, MiningWatch Answers Call to Action

20.07.2011
News Release

AFN Chiefs join Tsilhqot’in in opposition to rebid Prosperity Mine project

14.07.2011
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
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
News Release

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

08.06.2011
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

Goldcorp Asks Shareholders to Ignore International Consensus to Suspend Operations at its Marlin Mine in Guatemala

19.05.2011
News Release

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

18.05.2011
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
News Release

Penobsquis Denied Data, Hearing Resumes

16.05.2011
News Release

Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine

05.05.2011
News Release

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

28.04.2011
News Release

Communities in Argentina and Chile Protest While Barrick Gold’s Shareholders Meet in Toronto

27.04.2011
News Release

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

20.04.2011
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
News Release

Shareholders Announce Resolution to Suspend Controversial Goldcorp Mine in Guatemala

22.03.2011
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 Anniversary Update on Complaint filed with RCMP over Canadian Mining Company’s Apparent Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case

10.03.2011
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
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

Human Rights Report Confirms Rapes by Security Guards at Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea

01.02.2011
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
News Release

Residents raise alarm over toxic mining outflows into northern Manitoba lake: Company and government actions questioned in toxic poisoning of Kississing Lake

09.12.2010
News Release

Project to restart asbestos mine in Quebec: A forest in Australia, a cemetery in India?

09.12.2010
News Release

Strateco Over-states Support for Uranium Project

02.12.2010
News Release

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

25.11.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Administrative Tribunal Sides With Communities of Northern Costa Rica, Annuls Infinito Gold's Mining Concession

24.11.2010
News Release

Matoush Uranium Project Should be Rejected say MiningWatch, Cree Nation of Mistissini and Others

23.11.2010
News Release

MiningWatch has a new Latin America Program Coordinator!

16.11.2010
Friends of MiningWatch

Class Action Filed Against Anvil Mining by Congolese Victims

16.11.2010
News Release

Canada To Get Environmental Bill of Rights?

16.11.2010
News Release

Sandy Pond Alliance Launches Legal Challenge

15.11.2010
News Release

Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) Spared: Federal Government Acknowledges Negative Effects of Controversial Mine and Upholds Responsibility to First Nations

03.11.2010
News Release

Suppressed Report Confirms International Violations by Canadian Mining Companies

18.10.2010
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
News Release

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

15.09.2010
News Release

Environmental Organizations Raise Concerns About Changes to Federal "Comprehensive Study" Environmental Assessments

10.09.2010
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

Penobsquis (New Brunswick) Residents Seek Compensation for Damages

12.08.2010
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Incomplete Reporting Still Reveals Mining Companies' Toxic Threat: Environmental groups worry some of Canada's mines are dragging feet on federal order to report toxic mining waste

10.08.2010
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Tsilhqot'in National Government: AFN Chiefs Pledge to Help Defend Lands Against Proposed Prosperity Mine

22.07.2010
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MiningWatch Canada Applauds the Senate’s Sober Second Thought to Protect Environmental Assessment in Canada

08.07.2010
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Federal Panel on Proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Finds Project Would Have Significant Negative Environmental Effects and Be a Significant Loss to First Nations

02.07.2010
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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
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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
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Mining projects in Schefferville: Newfoundland and Labrador government undermining Innu rights

10.06.2010
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Niocan's Oka Project Continues to Face Strong Opposition

01.06.2010
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OAS Human Rights Commission Urges Suspension of Mining Activity at Goldcorp's Marlin Mine in Guatemala

24.05.2010
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MiningWatch Joins Environmental Groups Demanding Changes to Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Be Removed from Budget Bill

11.05.2010
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Environmental Groups Nationwide Demand that Parliament Remove Attacks on Environmental Protection from Budget Bill

10.05.2010
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Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses

05.05.2010
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Canadian Ambassador Sued for Defaming Documentary Film Maker Steven Schnoor

29.04.2010
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Opposition to Yamana Gold Builds in Andalgalá, Argentina

29.04.2010
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International Community Calls for Fair and Impartial Ruling in Marcelo Rivera Murder Case - Organizations in U.S. and Canada continue to worry about impunity in environmentalist's murder

28.04.2010
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Mongolian NGOs Appeal to the UN’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights to Resolve Oyu Tolgoi Mine Dispute

23.04.2010
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Canadian Fact-finding Delegation Discovers Mexican Community Devastated by Mining Activities of Blackfire Exploration

21.04.2010
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Government Sidesteps Supreme Court Ruling on Environmental Assessment - Budget Bill Ignores Court Instruction to Streamline Process

01.04.2010
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Groups File Documentation with RCMP on Canadian Mining Company’s Involvement in Mexican Corruption Case

10.03.2010
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New Report Defines "Strategic Campaign Targeting Mining Opponents" in Cabañas, El Salvador

22.02.2010
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Blackfire adding threats to injury in Mexico: Canadian mining firm looks to pocket $800 million via NAFTA Ch. 11

22.02.2010
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Supreme Court of Canada Gives Public a Voice on Major Industrial Projects – Court Ensures Meaningful Environmental Assessments Across Country

21.01.2010
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MiningWatch Celebrates Ten Years of Making the Connections

05.01.2010
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MiningWatch Intervenes in Federal Environmental Assessment of Controversial Prosperity Project

05.01.2010
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Quebec Coalition Celebrates First Anniversary

05.01.2010
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Nova Scotia Legislates Uranium Ban – Sort Of.

05.01.2010
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MiningWatch to Examine Quebec Uranium Project

05.01.2010
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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
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Second Anti-Mining Activist Killed in El Salvador

24.12.2009
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El Salvador's National Coalition Against Metallic Mining Condemns the Murders of Ramiro Rivera and Felícita Echeverría

23.12.2009
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Urgent Appeal: Write to Barrick Gold to Protest Refusal to Reinstate Union Leader

23.12.2009
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Mining and Jewelry Industry Self Certification System Falls Short

21.12.2009
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Documents Show Corruption and Intimidation by Canadian Mining Firm Blackfire in Its Mexican operations – Ottawa Must Investigate Immediately

18.12.2009
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Victory for KI an Expensive Lesson for Ontario

15.12.2009
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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
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Innu, Doctors, Elected Officials, Local Residents Oppose Uranium Exploration on North Shore of Quebec

11.12.2009
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Guatemalan Community Leaders ask Canadian Government to Investigate Human Rights Violations Allegedly Committed by Goldcorp Inc. at Marlin Mine

09.12.2009
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Mexican Activist Murdered for Opposing Canadian Mining Company - Killing Sparks Protest at Canadian Embassy in Mexico City

03.12.2009
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Urgent Action: Stop Murders and Threats Against Mexican Activists Fighting Mining Abuses in Chiapas

01.12.2009
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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
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Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found Near Tanzania Mine

17.11.2009
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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
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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
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Passing of Innu Leader Daniel Ashini Lamented

13.10.2009
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Environmental groups take Feds to the Supreme Court — Canada’s highest court hears case defending public participation in environmental reviews

13.10.2009
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BC Government Breaks the Law - Nak’azdli vows to stop Mt. Milligan mine

15.09.2009
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Activist Accused of Affecting Canadian Company Freed in Chiapas, Mexico

28.08.2009
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Urgent Action: Kidnapping of Opponent of Canadian Mines in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico

18.08.2009
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Another Three Year Delay for Environmental Assessment of Mining in Ontario

12.06.2009
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Canadians ask federal government to halt ratification of Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement in light of Peruvian police massacre of Indigenous protesters

11.06.2009
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Action Alert: Canada must halt free trade agreement with Peru after violent police crackdown of Indigenous protest

11.06.2009
Friends of MiningWatch

Panamanian Organisations and Communities Unite Against Open-Pit Mining

01.06.2009
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Federal Court Ruling To Stand - Mine Waste Toxins To Be Reported

25.05.2009
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What’s Missing in Mining Act Changes? The Right to Say NO. Proposed Amendments Do Little To Prevent Conflicts

25.05.2009
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MiningWatch Appeals to U.N. over Human Rights Abuses Related to Barrick Mine in Papua New Guinea

08.05.2009
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Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea, Chile Raise Serious Human Rights and Environmental Concerns Around Barrick Gold Operations

06.05.2009
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Court Victory Forces Canada to Report Pollution Data for Mines

24.04.2009
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Amnesty International Issues Action Alert on Bill C-300

20.04.2009
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Quebec Auditor General Finds Trouble in Mining Paradise

03.04.2009
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Government Squanders Opportunity to Hold Extractive Companies to Account

26.03.2009
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Norwegian Pension Fund Excludes Barrick Gold on Ethical Grounds

02.02.2009
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Mining Watchdog Says Environmental Assessment Key to Rebuilding Economy: “Don’t bulldoze our future in the rush for ‘shovel ready’ projects!”

22.01.2009
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Canada’s Toxic Mine Tailings Secret Goes to Court: Information on toxic pollution from mines being hidden from public

17.01.2009
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Supreme Court To Hear Red Chris Case

04.01.2009
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All Eyes On Ontario Mining Act Reform

04.01.2009
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Legal Action Against Barrick Gold in Nevada

04.01.2009
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Petaquilla: Panamanian Rainforest, Communities Threatened by Mining

04.01.2009
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Fight for Public Involvement in Environmental Assessment Heads To Supreme Court: First Time Environmental Group Granted Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

18.12.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

IUCN Assembly Opposes Mining In Central America

11.12.2008
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
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Alert to Investors re: Petaquilla Minerals and the Molejón Gold Mine in Panama

18.11.2008
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Tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stop blocking other countries’ right to know about the dangers of asbestos

24.10.2008
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Unreleased Report Forecasts Water Troubles

15.10.2008
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Fulfilling the Premier’s Vision to Modernize and Reform the Ontario Mining Act

05.09.2008
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MiningWatch Canada Response to Ontario Government Announcement: "Protecting Ontario's Northern Boreal Forest"

14.07.2008
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Canada’s Valuable Fresh Water Is Not for Dumping Toxic Wastes - with Background

11.07.2008
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URGENT ACTION: Stop Canadian Lakes from Becoming Mine Waste Dumps!

02.07.2008
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Federal Court of Appeal Denies Requirement for Public Participation in Environmental Assessment

18.06.2008
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First Ever in Latin America: Mining Corporation Charged with “Crimes Against the Environment” in Argentina

18.06.2008
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Federal government denies need to consult public on major mining projects: Ruling will test strength of revised environmental assessment law

14.05.2008
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Barrick Gold’s Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea linked to grave human rights abuses, environmental impacts

12.05.2008
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Publication of Congo mining contract review welcome; renegotiations should be fair and transparent

25.03.2008
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Groups call for comprehensive reform of Ontario’s outdated mining laws: Courts being used to punish people who peacefully oppose mining projects

17.03.2008
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"Watershed" - New Documentary on Barrick Gold's Pascua Lama Project in Chile

22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Union of BC Indian Chiefs Support Ardoch Algonquins' Human Rights

22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Lack of Respect, Indifference Mark Ontario's Treatment of First Nations' Concerns

22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Algonquin Leader Faces Jail Time While Ontario Government Ignores the Law

20.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Jailing Aboriginal Leaders to Promote Uranium Mining in Ontario

19.02.2008
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Congo Mining Contract Review: Fast Track or False Trail? DRC Government needs to clarify review process to restore trust

15.02.2008
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Judge Reserves Sentencing in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Free Entry Case

13.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Ardoch Algonquin First Nation Statement on Uranium Issue

11.02.2008
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NGOs fear that Congolese mining contract review process has been hijacked: Time for authorities in Europe, North America to act

04.02.2008
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Aboriginal Leaders Face Jail Time in Spreading Disputes over First Nations Rights and Mining Claims - Consultation and Conservation Demands Conflict with Outdated Mining Law across Canada's Boreal Forest

28.01.2008
Friends of MiningWatch

Landowners Blockade Excellon Resources' Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico After Company Fails to Respond to Demands

23.01.2008
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Newfoundland Government Rejects Environmental Impact Statement for Nickel Plant

17.01.2008
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Government Prepares to Permit the Destruction of More Lakes by Mining: MiningWatch Canada Submits Environmental Petitions to Auditor General

12.12.2007
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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Calls for Major Overhaul of Mining Act

04.12.2007
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Open Letter to His Excellency President Martín Torrijos Espino

30.11.2007
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International Appeal for the Publication of the Final Report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

07.11.2007
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Lawsuit exposes Canada’s toxic tailings secret: Groups say feds flouting law, hiding mining pollution from public

07.11.2007
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Bring Gramma Home! Hunger striker demands end to uranium exploration and mining in Eastern Ontario

18.10.2007
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Federal Court Halts Red Chris Mine: MiningWatch Canada Wins Precedent Setting Decision

04.10.2007
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Ecuador: Government Shuts Down Ascendant Copper’s Junín Project

28.09.2007
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Kemess North Mine "Not in the Public Interest": Environmental Assessment Panel

18.09.2007
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Organizations Call On Glencairn Gold to Disclose Pollution Risks at Suspended Mine in Costa Rica

11.09.2007
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Takla First Nation Blocks Access to Traditional Territory

11.09.2007
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Algonquins Demanding Moratorium on Uranium Exploration on Traditional Territory

31.08.2007
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Request for Solidarity and Support: Highest Turkish Court Closes Canadian Eldorado

26.07.2007
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Honduras: Demonstrators Push for a New Mining Law

25.07.2007
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Ascendant ordered to stop community relations at Junin Project, loses major investor

23.07.2007
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Prime Minister’s Controversial Visit to Santiago: Time for Barrick Gold, But Not for Communities

17.07.2007
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Federal Court Hears Case Against BC Open-Pit Copper and Gold Mine - Federal Government Allowed Mining Company to Avoid Full Environmental Assessment

18.06.2007
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Resistance to Ascendant Copper's Junin Project continues in Ecuador

14.06.2007
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Luck of the Draw: Carlos Zorrilla visits North America

29.05.2007
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Central American Countries Protest Canadian Government's Role in Mining

28.05.2007
Friends of MiningWatch

Barrick's Dirty Secrets: Communities Protest Gold Mining Impacts Around the World

02.05.2007
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Washington DC Protest Says Canada Asbestos Policy "Crime Against Humanity"

27.04.2007
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Ecuador’s Toisan Range Threatened by Copper Mining Project - Immediate Action Needed on Roundtable Report

18.04.2007
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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
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Argentina: Famatina Says NO to Barrick Gold

09.04.2007
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Ascendant Copper Agrees to Curtail Activities in Ecuador

30.03.2007
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Groundbreaking Report on Mining, Oil and Gas Companies Released: Civil Society and Industry Representatives Agree on Good Overseas Practices

29.03.2007
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Mexican Environmental Group Files Complaint with Commission for Environmental Cooperation

15.02.2007
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Watchdogs Call For Immediate Ban on Mine Waste Dumping

13.02.2007
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Blockade of Tránsito Valley Continues Despite Arrests – Chile

02.02.2007
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Jamaican Bauxite Environmental Organization Wins Restoration of Alcan Tailings Pond

02.02.2007
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Ontario Attacks Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Litigation

31.01.2007
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
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Urgent Action and Update: 48 Arrested at Pascua Lama Blockade, Chile

29.01.2007
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Opposition Surges to Romanian Gold Project Propaganda

23.01.2007
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Mining’s “Bad Actors” May Finally be Held to Account

10.01.2007
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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
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Ascendant Copper Ordered to Cease Work: New Web Site Documents Events in Intag, Ecuador

13.12.2006
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Conflicts Over Canadian Mining Firm Ecuacorrientes in Zamora, Ecuador

13.12.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Costa Rican Constitutional Court Upholds Cancellation of Crucitas Gold Mining Permit

06.12.2006
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Gitxsan ask that Kemess North hearings be suspended

27.11.2006
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Arrest Warrant Against Ecuadorian Environmentalist Revoked

24.11.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Carry On Polluting: Canada profits from global sales of killer asbestos, pursues 'de facto' ban at home

13.11.2006
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Citizens' Tribunal to Pass Judgment on Barrick Gold

10.11.2006
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NDP Condemns Conservatives for Granting Big Mining Companies Green Light to Kill Lakes

09.11.2006
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Raid on Ecuadorian Activist's Home: Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay

02.11.2006
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US Citizen Linked to Transnational Mining Company Ascendant Copper Infiltrated Demonstration, Now Presents False Accusations Against Intag Community Leader

30.10.2006
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First Nations Speak at Kemess North Hearings Under Protest: Call on Governments to Protect Environment and Act Honourably

30.10.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Final Results of Public Referendum on Cerro de San Pedro/San Xavier Mines Released

30.10.2006
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Vannessa Ventures Drops Defamation Charges Against Costa Rican Environmentalist

24.10.2006
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Life Before Profit! Development and Peace Kicks Off Two Year Campaign on Mining

24.10.2006
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TVI Pacific Again Implicated in Forced Evictions at its Canatuan Project in the Philippines

24.10.2006
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Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and Canada’s Extractive Sector Wrapping Up

24.10.2006
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Ontario Mining Action Network meets in Sault Ste. Marie

24.10.2006
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Mining-related films at Planet In Focus Film Festival, Toronto

24.10.2006
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Environment Canada Flings Door Wide Open to Toxic Dumping in Canada’s Lakes

24.10.2006
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Urgent Action: Police Raid Home of Ecuadorian Environmentalist

22.10.2006
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Mining-related Films at Planet In Focus Film Festival, Toronto

20.10.2006
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Panel Recommends Alcan Bauxite Project in India Be Abandoned

16.10.2006
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25 Communities of Chalatenango Create a Symbol of their Resistance to Mining Companies

29.09.2006
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Canadian Mining Law and the Impacts on Indigenous Peoples Lands and Resources

19.09.2006
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MiningWatch Canada Files Complaint About Misrepresentation to Investors by bcMetals

14.09.2006
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Grandmother Arrested at Iskut Blockade

11.09.2006
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Chalatenango Communities Say ‘No’ to Mining Before Salvadoran Legislative Assembly

06.09.2006
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First Nations Hold Ceremony, Vow to Protect Amazay (Duncan Lake)

29.08.2006
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Will Ascendant Copper Be Stopped in its Tracks?

25.08.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Dangerous Contamination Levels in Siria Valley demonstrated by independent study

18.08.2006
Friends of MiningWatch

Where did the mining companies' ethics go?

16.08.2006
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Ontario Securities Commission asked to investigate Platinex

16.08.2006
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Ontario First Nation Wins Injunction to Halt Mining Company

31.07.2006
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Groups Call for Action on Cyanide Spills by Multinational Gold Mine in Ghana: International Cyanide Management Institute urged to immediately audit Cyanide Code signatory Golden Star Resources’ Bogoso/Prestea mine in Ghana

26.07.2006
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Civic Corruption Control Commission Investigates Non-Compliance in Intag Mining Project

21.07.2006
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BHP-Billiton Recognizes Diamond Workers

19.07.2006
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Iskut Women Stop Mining Company from Destroying Trout Spawning Stream

19.07.2006
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Amended Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Published - Two Lakes in Newfoundland to be Destroyed by Mine Waste

19.07.2006
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Political Assassinations Increase Sharply in Philippines; Links to Mining Opposition

19.07.2006
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Chain Letter Brings Attention to Pascua Lama Struggle

19.07.2006
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MiningWatch Participates in Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility, Canadian Extractive Sector in Developing Countries

19.07.2006
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MiningWatch Canada and Canary Institute Reach Out to Youth

19.07.2006
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Ascendant Copper Confronted with Globalized Resistance Movement

17.07.2006
News Release

Papua New Guinea Conducts Flawed Investigation of Killings at Barrick Mine

10.07.2006
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More Troubles for Ascendant: Ecuador's Ombudsman Intervenes in the Junín Case

07.07.2006
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Gold Rush Threatens Sacred Headwaters in Northern BC - Environmental Assessment of Copper-Gold Mine Denies Public Rights

05.07.2006
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Far North Peoples Walk 2100 Kilometres to Say No to Mining

21.06.2006
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Pascua Lama Project Approved Despite Environmental and Indigenous Rights Concerns

15.06.2006
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Diaguita People, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Sign Accord

14.06.2006
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Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Says Ontario Mining Act Unconstitutional

26.05.2006
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Northern Ontario First Nation Facing $10 Billion Lawsuit for Blockading Platinex Mining Exploration

24.05.2006
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Refuting Industry Claims That Chrysotile Asbestos Is Safe

21.05.2006
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De Beers Accused of Ruining Spring Goose Hunt - Muskrat Dam

21.05.2006
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Intag deals a deadly blow to Ascendant Copper Corporation's plans

20.05.2006
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Federal Budget renews tax subsidy encouraging investment for new mines in remote areas

05.05.2006
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“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
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Thai Villagers Threatened with Arrest for Opposing Potash Mine

30.04.2006
News Release

Urgent Action Required: Stop the Government of Canada from Turning Two Newfoundland Lakes into Mine Waste Dumps

27.04.2006
News Release

Environmental Failures at Inco's Goro Mine Reinforce Kanak Concerns

27.04.2006
News Release

Ontario Taxpayers Unprotected from Potential Costs of Cleaning Up $584 Million of Contaminated Sites at Inco and Falconbridge Operations

13.04.2006
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Inco’s Goro Site Blockaded Again by Indigenous Kanaks: French Troops Respond with Violent Action

03.04.2006
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Green Budget Coalition Recommends Strategic Spending Cuts

29.03.2006
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Mayan Organisations and Supporters Demand the Closure of the Marlin Mine in San Marcos, Guatemala

27.03.2006
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Wiradjuri Nation Opposes Barrick Gold at Lake Cowal

07.03.2006
News Release

Urgent Action: Mining companies to end support for community-based laboratory analysis of uranium tailings in the Serpent River

22.02.2006
News Release

Chalatenango Communities Remove Last Traces of Mining Project

07.02.2006
News Release

Environmental Groups, First Nations Oppose Dumping of Toxic Mine Tailings into Salmon Waters

31.01.2006
News Release

Update from Alburnus Maior

27.01.2006
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Chalatenango: Communities Threatened by Mining Project Plan to Retake Their Land

23.01.2006
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Voluntary Corporate Standards Fail Again: Environmental Organizations Withdraw Complaint Against Ascendant Copper

16.01.2006
News Release

Ascendant gets a rough ride in Ecuador, can’t get picked up in Toronto

21.12.2005
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Guatemalans Present Demands to World Bank President re: Marlin Mine

21.12.2005
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Funds to Pay for Intervention on Proposed Kemess North Mine in BC

21.12.2005
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Tensions Explode Around Canadian Mining Operation in Ecuador: Residents Torch Building

13.12.2005
News Release

Ontario Auditor-General slams Mines Ministry over failure to protect the public

07.12.2005
News Release

Ontario Mining Action Network Comments on Proposed New Ontario Mineral Development Strategy

28.11.2005
News Release

Takla First Nation Wants Protection of Amazay Lake on Prime Minister’s Agenda

23.11.2005
News Release

Pembina Institute publishes report on the untold story of Alberta's oil sands

23.11.2005
News Release

Annual Day for Industry to Mine Canadians’ Pockets: Mining Association of Canada Takes to the Hill Amidst Growing Criticism

22.11.2005
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First Nations Declare a Moratorium on Mining Exploration and Forestry in the Far North: No Means No

27.10.2005
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BC First Nations Oppose Mining Company's Plan to Destroy Lake

24.10.2005
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Government fails to take action: Human rights and environmental abuses abroad go unchecked

18.10.2005
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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
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Philippine Province Sues Canadian Mining Giant Placer Dome

04.10.2005
News Release

Urgent Action Over Attack on Guatemalan Trade Unionists

02.10.2005
News Release

Protests and Blockades Continue Against Inco in Indonesia

28.09.2005
News Release

Save Indonesia's Protected Forest Areas from Mining

14.09.2005
News Release

"Spare our homeland" rainforest tribes plead with B.C. mining giant

14.09.2005
News Release

Government and Community Demand Placer Dome Out of Borneo

14.09.2005
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Hundreds of Q’eqchi’ Mayans Protest Skye Resources' Nickel Exploration Licence

13.09.2005
News Release

Urgent Action – Stop the Canadian Government from Supporting the Rosia Montana Gold Mine

07.09.2005
News Release

Tailings Wash-out Results in Deaths in Jamaica

07.09.2005
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African Initiative on Mining, Environment & Society (AIMES) Meets in Lusaka

07.09.2005
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News from MiningWatch Canada

07.09.2005
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New from the Canary Institute: "Mining Closure Plans: Your Right to Know!"

26.08.2005
MiningWatch in the News

Mineweb: Ghana winds up for enviro-mining clash

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

Leaked Review Slams World Bank Over Canadian Mine in Guatemala

22.08.2005
News Release

Internal Review Slams World Bank Over Lapses at Guatemala Mine - Backgrounder

22.08.2005
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ILO Investigates Claim Charging Violation of Convention 169 Regarding Skye Resources’ Guatemalan Nickel Project

16.08.2005
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MiningWatch Board Meets in Yellowknife

14.08.2005
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Yukon Pushes Weakened Reclamation Policy

14.08.2005
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Kemess: British Columbia First Nations Organise to Protect Amazay (Duncan Lake) from Mine Waste

13.08.2005
News Release

Victor Diamond Mine Undergoes Environmental Assessment

13.08.2005
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
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
Friends of MiningWatch

Taku River Tlingit Still Fighting for Land Use Plan

13.08.2005
News Release

Québec Asbestos Victims Address Tokyo Conference

13.08.2005
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Glamis Gold Accused of Violating Indigenous Rights

13.08.2005
News Release

Placer Dome at Centre of Growing Controversy in the Philippines over Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD)

12.08.2005
News Release

Kanak Delegation from New Caledonia Addresses MiningWatch Annual Meeting

12.08.2005
News Release

Lynn Lake and Marcel Colomb First Nation Meet with Manitoba Government

12.08.2005
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Mine Wastes Still Not Toxic – According to the Federal Government

12.08.2005
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The Taxman Needs to Help Shift from Mining Virgin Materials to Recycling

12.08.2005
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Philippine Congressman takes on Placer Dome

12.08.2005
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Wheaton River Profits from Destruction at Bajo La Alumbrera, Argentina

12.08.2005
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Cameco Comes Under Fire for Mismanagement at McArthur River Uranium Mine

12.08.2005
News Release

Ascendant Copper Threatens Ecuador Cloud Forest

12.08.2005
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Two Killed So Far Protesting Glamis Gold in Guatemala

12.08.2005
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Victor Mine Environmental Assessment Decision Delayed

12.08.2005
News Release

Getting Smelter Toxins Under Control

12.08.2005
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Diamond Rush in Manitoba

12.08.2005
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Teck-Cominco Pursuing Garbage for Highland Valley Mine

12.08.2005
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Ontario Mining Action Network: For responsible and better-regulated mining in Ontario

12.08.2005
News Release

Abandoned Mines Liability Tops $1 Billion: Watchdog Presents Action Plan to Federal Ministers

11.08.2005
News Release

Environmentalists challenge government to give Canada's children a birthday gift: Federal Contaminated Sites Program needed

11.08.2005
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Environmentalists Decry "Arthur Andersen" Approach to Toxic Accounting

11.08.2005
News Release

Indigenous Kanaks Blockade Inco’s Goro Site, Demand Hearing from Inco, Government Authorities

10.08.2005
News Release

Parliamentary Committee Challenges Government on Overseas Mining - Canadian Company Seeks Millions for Conflict-Ridden Mine in Ecuador

22.07.2005
News Release

Mining in San Juan, Argentina: Lawsuit for threats and damages

18.07.2005
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
News Release

Mining Watchdog Rips Fisheries Department: Releases Document Showing Wilful Disregard for Fish and Fish Habitat

28.06.2005
News Release

WACAM Condemns the Shooting of Peaceful Demonstration by the Military and Police in Prestea

22.06.2005
News Release

Anvil Mining and the Kilwa Massacre, D.R. Congo: Canadian Company Implicated?

16.06.2005
News Release

Help protect Ecuador from Ascendant Copper Corporation

07.06.2005
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
News Release

BAPE Releases Report on Niocan

16.05.2005
News Release

Urgent Environmental Alert: Protect the Glaciers of the South of the World!!

17.04.2005
News Release

Canadian Laws Inadequate - ICUCEC Refused Leave to Appeal McClean Lake Court Case

12.04.2005
News Release

Statement by TWN-Africa at a Press Conference on Campaign Around the Liquidation of Bonte Gold Mines Limited

11.04.2005
News Release

Death Threats in Guatemala Against Community Leaders Opposing the Mining Operations of Glamis Gold, a Canadian/U.S. Mining Company

05.04.2005
News Release

Killing of Alvaro Benigno Sanchez by Security Guards Working for Glamis Gold Subsidiary in Guatemala

05.04.2005
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Tahltan Elders Declare a Moratorium on Resource Development Within Their Territory

25.02.2005
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Mineral Investors Claim Huge Northern Stake

23.02.2005
Friends of MiningWatch

We Want to Make Teck Cominco Accountable: Tlazten Nation

21.02.2005
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High Stakes, Hard Lines Pose Threat to Peace in Udorn Thani

16.02.2005
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Ascendant Holdings Sues Local Newspaper for Libel: Asking One Million Dollars in Damages

12.02.2005
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First Nation Cries Foul Over Claim Staking

03.02.2005
News Release

Canadian Government Supports Canadian Mining Companies in Guatemala

12.01.2005
News Release

Glamis Gold, Canadian Government, World Bank Implicated as Two Killed, More Injured Protesting Mine in Guatemala - Standoff Ends in Bloodshed, Death

12.01.2005
News Release

40 Days of Protest Against Glamis Gold's Marlin Mine in Guatemala

10.01.2005
News Release

Romanian Government Does Not Support Proposed Mine at Rosia Montana

20.11.2004
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Proposed new smelter pollution rules do little to protect health or the environment

17.11.2004
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Anticipating Surprise/Assessing Risk: Making Sense of Gabriel's Intentions

08.10.2004
News Release

Bad News for Flin Flon: Anglo to Sell Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting to OntZinc.

08.10.2004
News Release

First Nations Coalition Wants Northgate to Justify Its Mining Proposal Against Their Interests

04.10.2004
News Release

Environmental Disaster at Misima Mines Continues... Misima Landowners in Port Moresby to Seek Justice

22.09.2004
News Release

Trouble in Paradise: Placer Dome Leaves Legacy of Destruction on Tiny Pacific Island

21.09.2004
News Release

Inco’s Mineral Concessions in Guatemala Violate International Agreements and Peace Accords

21.04.2004
News Release

INCO Violates Fundamental Rights of New Caledonia's Indigenous Kanak People - Kanak Leaders Visit Shareholders' Meeting

21.04.2004
News Release

Inco Targeted at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting – Representatives from Communities Around the World Affected by Inco Gather in Toronto

21.04.2004
News Release

Conservation Groups Call On Federal Government and Teachers to Act Quickly Over Cheviot Coal Mine

13.04.2004
News Release

Canada Told to Stop Obstructing Safety Information on Asbestos: Ban Asbestos Network Calls For 'Prior Informed Consent'

01.04.2004
News Release

Brazil Reverses Position, Moves to Ban Asbestos

28.03.2004
News Release

Environmentalists Commend Goodale’s Commitment to Contaminated Site Cleanup

24.03.2004
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

Finally - Funding for Contaminated Sites

07.03.2004
News Release

Colombia Dismantles State Mining Company to Destroy Union, Open Way for Transnational Corporations

07.03.2004
News Release

Glamis Gold Demands $50 Million Compensation for Not Destroying Quechan Nation Lands

07.03.2004
News Release

International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group Holds Public Forum

07.03.2004
News Release

World Social Forum Comes to Mumbai

07.03.2004
News Release

First Nations Meet with Conservation Groups to Protect the Boreal Forest

07.03.2004
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Mining Companies Try to Duck Liabilities at Old Uranium Mines

07.03.2004
News Release

Diamonds in Northern Ontario: Fighting for Responsible Mining

07.03.2004
News Release

Nahanni Park and the Prairie Creek Mine: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

07.03.2004
News Release

Cluff Lake Decommissioning Project: Comments on the Comprehensive Study Report

27.02.2004
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Action Alert: Stop Intimidation of Brazilian Labour Inspector Fernanda Giannasi

25.02.2004
News Release

Victory in Tambogrande!

27.12.2003
News Release

McClean Lake Appeal to be Heard at Last

27.12.2003
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Nuclear Safety Commission Allows Flooded Collins Bay Pit to be Opened to Wollaston Lake

27.12.2003
News Release

Global Day of Action Against Inco

27.12.2003
News Release

DFAIT-Sponsored Philippine Delegation has Mining Tour in Canada

27.12.2003
News Release

Demonstration Outside Noranda Headquarters

27.12.2003
News Release

Niobium Mine at Oka Closer to Operation Despite Widespread Protest from Local Residents

27.12.2003
News Release

Progress on Abandoned Mines

27.12.2003
News Release

Falconbridge Granted Permit to Pollute the Groundhog River

27.12.2003
News Release

Stopping the Rosia Montana Gold Mine

27.12.2003
News Release

Indigenous Rights Still Under Attack from Canadian Mining Company in the Philippines

27.12.2003
News Release

Western Mining Action Network Conference

27.12.2003
News Release

Senate Passes $260-Million-a-Year Bonanza for Mining, Oil and Gas

27.12.2003
News Release

Major Gold Project Implodes in Peru: Community Succeeds in Opposing Controversial Gold Mine

12.12.2003
News Release

ALCAN Juggling with the Futures of Marginalized Peoples in India: Three Villagers Already Killed by Violent Repression

10.12.2003
News Release

CanTung Closes: NWT Mine Reclamation Policy Shown to be Farce

09.12.2003
News Release

Another Northern Mine Closes - Taxpayers Likely Stuck with Clean-up Costs

08.12.2003
News Release

The winners of the 2003 Dirty Digger Awards have been decided

03.12.2003
News Release

Romania's Latest Gabriel Resource Rebel: The Orthodox Church

12.11.2003
News Release

European Protests Mount Around Canadian Gold Project in Romania

10.11.2003
News Release

Creation and Worship are not for Sale

25.10.2003
News Release

Ontario First Nations Sign Declaration to Protect Rights and Interests on Traditional Territories

19.09.2003
Friends of MiningWatch

BC and Canada Get Failing Grade on Taku River Protection

19.09.2003
News Release

Noranda Retracts Environmental Impact Statement for Alumysa Aluminum Smelter in Chile

19.09.2003
News Release

Citizens of Oka Gain Support in Opposition to Niobium Mine

19.09.2003
News Release

Nishnabe-Aski Nation Hires Mining Coordinator

19.09.2003
News Release

Placer Dome’s Exploration in Indonesian Protected Area Opposed

19.09.2003
News Release

Kanak Leaders Maintain Pressure on Inco in New Caledonia

19.09.2003
News Release

New Web Site to Raise Awareness About Inco’s Health Impacts in Port Colborne

19.09.2003
News Release

Landmark 'no-go' pledge from leading mining companies

20.08.2003
News Release

Noranda Faces Tough Opposition: Chilean President against Noranda's Proposed Aluminum Smelter in Patagonia

11.08.2003
News Release

Increased Human Rights Abuses Around TVI Pacific's Philippines Operation

07.07.2003
News Release

Federal Government Proposal Gives Mining, Oil and Gas Industries $260 Million/Year Gift at Taxpayers’ Expense

18.06.2003
News Release

Controversial Romanian Gold Mine Plagued by Troubles – Canadian Company Involved

13.06.2003
News Release

First Nations Leaders Gather in Thunder Bay to Discuss Mining Issues

03.06.2003
News Release

Chilean Activist Builds Solidarity with Canadian Noranda Workers, Students, and Politicians

03.06.2003
News Release

Citizens Stand Up to Niobium Mine in Oka

03.06.2003
News Release

Cheviot Mine Proposal on Hold: Action Alert!

03.06.2003
News Release

New Kenyan Government Holds Tiomin to Account

03.06.2003
News Release

Three Communities Protest at Placer Dome AGM

03.06.2003
News Release

High Level Kanak Delegation Visits Canada

03.06.2003
News Release

Thai Government Reviews Granting Mining Lease to Canadian Potash Company - Hundreds of Villagers Visit Industry Ministry

02.05.2003
News Release

High Volatility in Gabriel Resources' Management Team

11.04.2003
News Release

Esquel, Argentina Rejects Mining Proposal

24.03.2003
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
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
News Release

More Protection for Yukon Fish: Placer Authorisation To Be Phased Out

23.02.2003
News Release

Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act a Step Backwards

23.02.2003
News Release

TVI Under Fire in the Philippines

23.02.2003
News Release

Thai Villagers Blockade Asia Pacific Resources

23.02.2003
News Release

Bitter Strike Ends at Black Hawk's El Limón Gold Mine in Nicaragua

23.02.2003
News Release

Noranda's Alumysa Aluminum Smelter Threatens Chilean Environment

23.02.2003
News Release

Local Citizens, Ancient Forests in Argentina Threatened by Meridian Gold

23.02.2003
News Release

Economic Revitalisation of Mining Affected Communities

23.02.2003
News Release

Human Rights Advocate Jailed in Tanzania — Please Write Letters!

03.01.2003
News Release

Thousands of Thai Villagers Protest Canadian Potash Mine

23.12.2002
News Release

Toxic Spill Out of Control; Fishing Banned

20.12.2002
MiningWatch in the News

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

13.12.2002
News Release

Mine Spill in Greece Leaves Red Streak of Pollution in Scenic Bay

13.12.2002
MiningWatch in the News

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

07.12.2002
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"Strengthening Our Voices: Leadership Conference on Canadian Mining Held in Winnipeg, October 4-6

30.11.2002
News Release

Current Curriculum Project Underway

30.11.2002
News Release

Auditor-General Exposes Abandoned Mines/Contaminated Sites Crisis

30.11.2002
News Release

Get Mining Included on the National Pollutant Release Inventory!

30.11.2002
News Release

Tanzania: World Bank Did Not Exercise "Due Diligence" at Bulyanhulu

30.11.2002
News Release

Good News from Greece: Stratoniki Citizens Win Against TVX Gold

30.11.2002
News Release

Thailand: Canadian Potash Company Faces Opposition

30.11.2002
News Release

New Caledonia: Inco Faces Protests, Delays

30.11.2002
News Release

Romania: World Bank Rejects Controversial Gold Mine Project

30.11.2002
News Release

Voisey's Bay Nickel Company (VBNC) Refuses Site Access to MiningWatch Canada

30.11.2002
News Release

Provincial and Territorial Governments Ignore Economic Trends: Mining Industry Strikes Gold — In BC and Yukon Taxpayers' Wallets

29.10.2002
News Release

Ontario mining industry strikes gold - in the taxpayers' wallet

29.10.2002
News Release

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

29.10.2002
News Release

Environmental groups urge strong and immediate action on abandoned mines, contaminated sites in wake of new report

22.10.2002
News Release

World Bank Rejects Controversial Gold Mine Project - Community Leaders Call on Government and Private Lenders to Oppose Rosia Montana Mining Project

10.10.2002
News Release

Canadian Potash Company Faces Constitutional Hurdles, Community Opposition in Thailand

24.09.2002
News Release

World Heritage Site Application for New Caledonia Reefs Cancelled

18.09.2002
News Release

Planet in Focus: Toronto International Environmental Film & Video Festival Coming in September

14.08.2002
News Release

New MiningWatch Staff: Mel Quevillon, Regional Organizer

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
News Release

Tanzanian Environmental Activists Persecuted for Speaking Out Against World Bank Group Gold Mine

10.05.2002

What Really Happened at the Barrick Gold Mine in Tanzania?

16.04.2002
News Release

Canada's Auditor-General Takes On Northern Abandoned Mines

15.03.2002
News Release

Changes to Federal Environmental Assessment Act Under Review

15.03.2002
News Release

Mexico: Building Links

15.03.2002
News Release

Tanzania: International Fact Finding Mission Blocked from Bulyanhulu

15.03.2002
News Release

Abandoned Mines Working Group Formed

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
News Release

MiningWatch Annual General Meeting Held in Vancouver

15.03.2002
News Release

Now Available: Monitoring Your Mine Handbook

15.03.2002
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Romanian Villagers Oppose Canadian Gold Mine at Rosia Montana

11.03.2002
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Support the Mohawks of Kanesatake - Stop Niocan!

27.02.2002
News Release

New Caledonians Demand Independent Review of INCO's Mining Plans

01.01.2002
News Release

Tanzanian Police Raids

26.11.2001
News Release

Western Mining Activist Network Meets in Albuquerque, New Mexico

24.11.2001
News Release

Save the Boreal Forest

24.11.2001
News Release

Kanak Chiefs from New Caledonia Tour Canada

24.11.2001
News Release

African Mining Activists and Researchers Meet in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

24.11.2001
News Release

Making Connections in Kenya

24.11.2001
News Release

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Invited to UN Human Rights Workshop

24.11.2001
News Release

Board News

24.11.2001
News Release

Canadian Resources Company Creating Conflict in Eastern Kenya

12.11.2001
News Release

Feds Fall Short on New Regulations to Protect Water from Mine Toxins – Proposed New Metal Mine Effluent Regulations Finally Published

24.08.2001
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

Placer Dome Loses Porgera Environmental Committee Chair Over "Propaganda"

20.07.2001
News Release

Reforms Introduced for Export Development Corporation

20.07.2001
News Release

Indigenous Leader Abducted in Colombia

20.07.2001
News Release

Colombia Mining Forum Proposes Changes to Mining Law

20.07.2001
News Release

"The Ocean is not for Tailings" - Indonesian Conference Opposes Threat to Tropical Oceans

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
News Release

Environmental Advisory Committee Chair Quits Over River Pollution at Placer Dome's Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea

15.06.2001
News Release

Protestors Trash Manhattan Minerals Offices and Camp in Tambogrande, Peru

25.03.2001
News Release

Report Links Canadian Business to Paramilitary Violence in Colombia

25.03.2001
News Release

One Year After Romanian Cyanide Spill, New Report Exposes Shortcomings in Industry-Government Disaster Response

30.01.2001
News Release

Action needed on abandoned mines: Regulations not working at Britannia

03.11.2000
News Release

Canadian Mining Companies Profit from Burma's Misery

18.09.2000
News Release

Federal Timidity on Tough Regulations to Limit Mine Pollution Places Communities, Environment at Risk

25.05.2000
News Release

Philippines a Litmus Test for Placer Dome's Environmental Policy

23.05.2000
News Release

Placer Dome's "sustainability" policies challenged by community activists

23.05.2000
News Release

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

23.05.2000
News Release

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
News Release

Shareholders Demand Placer Dome Disclose Environmental Risk

17.02.2000
News Release

Mining Association Environmental Report More Spin than Substance

31.01.2000
News Release

Canadian Gold Mining Interests Involved in Police Shootings in Ghana, West Africa

30.12.1999
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MiningWatch Responds to Request for Help from Philippines — TVI repressing Subanen people

27.10.1999
News Release

Innu Nation and MiningWatch Canada Host Aboriginal Workshop on Mining

17.09.1999
News Release

Canadian Mining Company Threatens Indigenous Filipinos

15.09.1999
News Release

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

02.09.1999
News Release

One of World's Worst Mine Disasters Gets Worse – BHP Admits Massive Environmental Damage at Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea, Says Mine Should Never Have Opened

11.08.1999
News Release

HudBay Operations in Peru and Guatemala: Violence and Repression Found to Result from Mining Company Contracts with State Security Forces

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