By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press
YELLOWKNIFE - With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanup in the country's history.
Marks the third lawsuit filed in connection with alleged human rights abuses at Barrick's Tanzanian gold mine
By Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post
By Geoffrey York and Niall McGee, The Globe and Mail
Two law firms have filed suit against Barrick Gold Corp. in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of 21 Tanzanians who allege that they or their family members were killed, injured or tortured by police guarding a Barrick gold mine.
(Ottawa) For the third time in under ten years, victims of ongoing police violence at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Gold Mine are seeking legal remedy - this time in Canada. Today, Vancouver-based law firm CFM filed suit in an Ontario court on behalf of Indigenous Kuria plaintiffs whose communities surround the mine’s pits and waste dumps.
By Ramona Wadi, Rabble
In 2009, the then outgoing Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was awarded the Gold Insigne award by the Council of the Americas; the latter an American business organisation “promoting free trade, democracy and open markets throughout the Americas.”
(Quebec) In the aftermath of COP27 on climate change and as the Quebec Mines + Energy conference opens today under the theme "A transition powered by our resources," a coalition of environmental organizations unveils new maps showing a boom in mining claims ranging from 63.4% to 139% over the past 24 months in southeastern Quebec (Eastern Townships,
UN letters express concern about impacts on local population’s health and environment
By Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post
Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp. is once again under fire for its environmental track record and relationship with local communities in the Andes Mountains.
Today the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights published a letter expressing concerns over water contamination from the Veladero gold mine in northwest Argentina.
It could be a boon for a small community, but critics brace for impact after history of failures and spills
By Kate McKenna, CBC News
In an expansive open-air pit 550 kilometres northwest of Montreal, 100-tonne trucks criss-cross the climbing roads, preparing for the mine to open.
By Kylie Stanton & Simon Little, Global News
A Vancouver company is trying to navigate difficult political and environmental currents, amid a growing debate over the future of deep-sea mining.
It comes amid a high-stakes international meeting in Jamaica that could have lasting effects on access to what some believe to be the key future source of key minerals used for electric vehicle batteries.
