Dear friends,
Politics are becoming increasingly toxic and the climate is deteriorating, but we continue to resist the dominant industrial model and seek out alternatives.
The following open letter to President Javier Milei was signed by 39 organizations, including MiningWatch Canada. Argentinian organizations and mining affected communities denounce President’s Milei for trying to pass a presidential decree that would modify the National Glacier protection law in order to allow more industrial mining in highly sensitive ecosystems such as glaciers and periglacial zones - which would heavily benefit Canadian companies, and threaten many communities' drinking water.
The following letter was sent to Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Parks, by five civil society organizations, including MiningWatch Canada.
Subject: Request not to give in to pressure from Falco Resources and reject the Horne 5 mining project
Dear Minister,
Energy Mix Staff, The Energy Mix.
Environmental assessment specialists, nature protection advocates, Indigenous leaders, and other climate and energy analysts are aghast at the scope and potential impacts of the legislation introduce Friday by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government that would grant it new powers to quickly push forward major projects the federal cabinet deems to be in the national interest.
By J. Arroyo Olea - Resumen.cl
The Supreme Court of Chile overturned a ruling in favor of the Canadian mining company Aclara, marking a legal setback for the company after the local Concepción Court of Appeals had ruled in its favour in a case against environmental defenders in Penco who criticized its rare earth project.
The following blog was written by Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada and Paulina Personius of Earthworks.
Today 101 organizations are calling on First Quantum Minerals to close its Cobre Panama mine, drop the international arbitration against Panama, and implement environmental remediation at the mine site.
Historic opposition wins protections
Lac-des-Plages, June 3, 2025 - In 2024, the Alliance des municipalités Petite-Nation Nord (Alliance) launched a major participatory initiative: three large public meetings were held to ensure that the population was aware of the mining project, its location, and its advantages and disadvantages. Nearly 1,000 citizens participated! The Alliance listened to them and today announces that it is fulfilling its promises.
The following letter was sent to First Quantum Minerals' Chief Executive Officer and Chairman by 101 International civil society organizations and coalitions, including MiningWatch Canada.
Tristan Pascall, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert Harding, Chairman
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
1133 Melville Street, Suite 3500,
The Stack, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Good morning and greetings from the Carrizalillo encampment with updates about the latest developments in the "Los Filos" project, which, since March 31, 2025, is indefinitely suspended. This category does not exist in our regulatory framework unless the suspension is temporary and it can be proven that it is due to force majeure. As far as we understand, not paying rent for the land is not at all a cause for force majeure.
The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Marc Carney by 29 Canadian civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including MiningWatch Canada.
June 6, 2025
The Right Honourable Mark Carney
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2