As the Chairman of the Porgera Landowners Association (PLA), I am compelled to respond to the recent statement by Prime Minister James Marape on the achievements of New Porgera Limited (NPL) in the first quarter of 2025.
Duhamel, July 8, 2025 — After six years of criticizing the La Loutre mining project for its incompatibility with the environmental, economic, and tourist resources of the Outaouais region, the Regroupement de protection des Lacs de la Petite-Nation (RPLPN) is launching a grassroots civic engagement campaign ahead of the local referendums regarding the mine's social acceptance, which will be held simultaneously on August 31 in the municipalities of Duhamel, Lac des Plages, Lac Simon, Chénéville, and Saint-Émile de Suffolk.
Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar province in Ecuador, due to their legitimate and peaceful opposition to the Canadian owned Curipamba-El Domo mining project.
A North American labour dispute panel is examining allegations union members were threatened into joining a competing union.
by Isaac Phan Nay
The union for workers at the Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, is calling for Canada and the United States to resolve allegations its members were threatened into joining a competing union.
Orla Mining, a $3.8-billion company based in Vancouver, owns and operates the gold and silver mine, which sits 580 kilometres northwest of Mexico City.
(Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories – Ottawa) Environmental and civil society groups condemn Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes democratic principles, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, shuts Canadians out of decisions that could affect them, and puts the environment at risk.
July 20, 2025 – Global Activation to Stop Deep-Sea Mining: Take to the water for a moratorium
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by Sonal Gupta, The National Observer
More than a decade after the catastrophic collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam, a BC First Nation is back in court this week challenging the province’s decision to approve expansion of a dam at the same mine.
Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, including the Building Canada Act, is already a fait accompli. The Conservatives are supporting the Liberal minority to ram it through the House of Commons with no meaningful deliberation and no significant amendments. It is slated to pass third reading by midnight on Friday, June 20, and be passed by the Senate by June 27, when the Senate rises for the summer.
The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Marc Carney by 20 Canadian and international civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including MiningWatch Canada.
The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A2
RE: CANADA’S POSITION ON DEEP SEA MINING