Residents of the district of Aurizona (municipality of Godofredo Viana-MA) are suffering from the violation of their basic rights since Equinox Gold’s tailings dam collapsed almost a year ago
Written by the Movement of Dam-Affected People (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens).
New report by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) and Amazon Watch reveals that five Canadian investors alone were responsible for injecting over US$ 2 billion into mining companies with interests in Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon. The Royal Bank of Canada is highlighted as one of the main institutional investors of Belo Sun project in Brazil, accused of potential ecocide in the region.
As Chile drafts a new constitution, will Canadian companies still cash in on a mining boom driven by demand for renewable energy? Naomi Larsson writes for the Breach.
In the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in northern Quebec, a historic civil society movement has sprung up in response to threats from mining. The Collectif des Pas du Lieu is encouraging residents to join collective hikes on top of Sayona Mining's controversial claims, as a way to better understand and appreciate the beauty around the Saint-Matthieu-Berry esker -- and fight to protect it.
This week marks one year since residents of the canton of Cuenca in southern Ecuador went to the polls to defend their water and highland páramo wetlands from metal mining.
Lake Babine Nation is celebrating the Province’s second rejection of the proposed Morrison Mine project, which follows Pacific Booker Minerals’ failure to develop the further information required under the Province’s 2015 Further Assessment Order.
Despite the province’s world-class claims, the safety of mine tailings storage is not up to international standards
Written by Judith Lavoie for the Narwhal
The Red Chris mine tailings pond in northwest B.C., in 2017. A new report is critical of the province's regulations around tailings storage, as well as a government audit that concluded those laws meet international safety standards.
Last week, the Panamanian Campesino (small farmers) Union (UCP) and the group “Panamá Vale Más Sin Minería” (“Panama is Worth More Without Mining”) both released public statements denouncing the government of Panama for renegotiating a contract with Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals to operate its Cobre Panama open-pit copper mine.
Read the original statement in Spanish.
Contract between Minera Panama and the PRD-Molirena Government
Greed and the Mining Hub: The Pandemic that Threatens Our Territories and Natural Resources