Papua New Guinea Landowners to Challenge 29 Year Old Porgera Mine in Supreme Court

The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has ruled a challenge against an almost 30 year old Canadian and Chinese gold mine in the remote highlands will go ahead.

A majority group of landowners from Porgera, Enga Province, are challenging the validity of a mining lease which covers the Porgera Joint Venture’s open pit and underground operations.

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Justice Foundation for Porgera Ltd.

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

(Toronto) The communities of Neskantaga and Eabametoong continue to stand together while pointing to the way forward in the north, and on the Ring of Fire. These two First Nations, united by a shared history, are committing to advance their interests through a political alliance to regulate and protect their combined territories.

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Neskantaga and Eabametoong First Nations

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

(Ottawa) Community members are concerned about a November 4 landslide at the Aurizona mine, operated by Vancouver-based company Equinox Gold, in Brazil's northeastern Maranhão state – just one day before the 3-year anniversary of the BHP/Vale Samarco tailing dam disaster. The mass of material entirely blocked the road connecting Gofredo Viana, the municipal capital, to the community of Aurizona.

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MiningWatch Canada

Barrick Gold Resistance Camp in Dominican Republic Celebrates One Year in Solidarity with Local Community

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Guest Blog: Ryan MacRae, Economics Graduate from Mount Allison University working with the Latin American Mission's Program (LAMP) in Dominican Republic​

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

(November 5, 2018) On Friday, November 2, 2018, public interest law organizations filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Roşia Montană community affected by an illegal gold mine project in Romania to include their perspectives in arbitration proceedings at the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), housed at the World Bank.

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Alburnus Maior – Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) – European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) – Greenpeace – ClientEarth – Independent Center for the Development of Environmental Resources (ICDER)

New Study Supports Calls for OceanaGold’s Didipio Mine in the Philippines To Be Closed

Researchers find mining company repeatedly violated mining laws and regulations, harming local community

Researchers from the United States, Canada, and the Philippines have released a study on the impact of mining in Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon, the largest Philippine island, by Australian-Canadian company, OceanaGold. They have visited the Didipio gold and copper mine and the surrounding communities four times over the past five years, and have reviewed numerous reports and investigations on the mine.

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Institute for Policy Studies – MiningWatch Canada
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Tax Evasion - Tell The Trudeau Government to Act Now and Close the Legal Loopholes

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Let the Trudeau Government know you want Canada to act now to fix the loopholes that still allow large mining corporations to avoid paying taxes on the profit they make from Canadian non-renewable mining resources: justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca, Minister.Ministre@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca, Bill.Morneau@parl.gc.ca 

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Nautilus, Are You Nuts?! Second Large Earthquake Near Proposed Solwara 1 Site

The United States Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck close to the proposed Solwara 1 deep sea mine near in Papua New Guinea yesterday at 7 a.m. local time. This follows a magnitude 6.6 quake nearby in March.

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Deep Sea Mining Campaign – Alliance of Solwara Warriors

Supreme Court Accepts Appeal of Peruvian Human Rights Defender, Overturns Sentence

(Cochabamba, Ottawa, Puno, Washington) On Friday October 5th, the Peruvian Supreme Court accepted Walter Aduviri’s appeal and overturned the sentence against him. Aduviri was a spokesperson for the Aymara indigenous communities during the 2011 "Aymarazo" pr

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DHUMA Human Rights and Environment (Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente) – The Democracy Center – The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) – MiningWatch Canada

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

(Kamloops) Nearly 200 delegates from the USA and Canada are meeting over the next two days in Kamloops, B.C., to share knowledge about the increasing impacts of industrial mining and to seek solutions to more effectively protect the environment and affected communities.

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Western Mining Action Network – MiningWatch Canada
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