Barrick Gold

Barrick Under Global Pressure to Withdraw Conditions on Remedy for PNG Rape Victims
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Since January, 2013, MiningWatch Canada has raised concern about the fact that Barrick Gold is seeking legal immunity from victims of rape by mine security guards at the company’s Porgera Joint Venture Mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights
Barrick Seeks Immunity from Rape Victims at its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

News release: Barrick Gold’s shareholder meeting today is the first since the company has started to implement a long-overdue remedy program for hundreds of alleged rape victims in Papua New Guinea. However, in return for individual benefit packages the women must provide Barrick legal immunity by signing an agreement never to sue the company for their rape.

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights
Letter to UN Commissioner for Human Rights re: Barrick Gold's "grievance" procedure for victims of rape by security guards at the Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Letters to Dr. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) re: abuse by Barrick Gold of a non-judicial grievance mechanism for victims of rape by security guards at the Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Barrick Gold, Human Rights, Women
Globe and Mail Proclaims on Rapes in Papua New Guinea
Friday, February 15, 2013

The deal that Barrick Gold is offering women who were raped and gang raped by employees of its Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea is not "fair" as a Globe and Mail editorial deemed this week. And it's not only Barrick that's delayed far too long in addressing these egregious abuses.

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Barrick Gold
Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Ottawa – Washington, D.C. - Oxford – January 30, 2013. Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights, Impact on Communities, Women
Canada’s Development Aid Dollars at Odds with Communities
Monday, November 26, 2012

Two queries submitted to the Canadian government with support from MiningWatch in recent months have turned up further evidence that Canadian aid spending is at odds with communities’ interests.

Corporate Accountability, Honduras, Barrick Gold, Peru, Newsletter 33: Autumn 2012
Chile: Communities and Government Officials Redraw Borders that Barrick Gold Seeks to Dissolve
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

News release: Barrick Gold's recent second quarter results reveal cost overruns in the binational Pascua Lama project on the border between Chile and Argentina that point to serious challenges to this project's overall feasibility from communities, civil society organizations, and government officials acting in the public interest.

Argentina, Chile, Corporate Accountability, Environment, Barrick Gold, Human Rights, Labour
Peruvians Oppose CIDA’s Joint CSR Initiative with Barrick Gold and World Vision
Friday, March 9, 2012

Opinion: Rick Arnold, former coordinator of Common Frontiers Canada, argues that the CIDA-funded CSR project with World Vision and Barrick Gold is aimed at the pacification of local dissent over a new Barrick project in La Libertad, Perú, rather than local economic development.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Barrick Gold, Peru, Indigenous Rights
Canadian Embassies Bring Journalists to Mining Convention from Countries Mired in Conflict
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

News release: This week, Canadian taxpayers will cover the costs of eleven journalists from eight Latin American countries – and Mongolia – to attend the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) 2012 conference. This appears to be another attempt on the part of Canadian authorities to manage the message instead of seriously addressing the roots of mine conflicts in countries such as Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, and Ecuador.

Argentina, British Columbia, Corporate Accountability, New Brunswick, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecuador, Ontario, Guatemala, Québec, Honduras, Barrick Gold, Peru, Impact on Communities, Corriente Resources, Goldcorp, IAMGOLD, Kinross, Osisko Mining
Troubled Waters: How Mine Waste Dumping is Poisoning Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Each year, mining companies dump more than 180 million tonnes of hazardous mine waste into rivers, lakes, and oceans worldwide, threatening vital bodies of water with toxic heavy metals and other chemicals poisonous to humans and wildlife, according to this report by Earthworks and MiningWatch Canada.

Canada, Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, British Columbia, Ok Tedi Mine - BHP-Billiton/Inmet, Manitoba, Porgera Mine - Barrick, Indonesia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Waste Rock and Tailings, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Papua New Guinea, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Environment, Barrick Gold, BHP-Billiton, Cliffs, Publications, Submarine/Subaqueous Tailings Disposal, Water and fisheries, Goldcorp, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Labrador Iron Mines, Newmont, Northern Dynasty, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto Alcan, Rio Tinto, Taseko, Teck, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)

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