Vale (incl. Inco)

Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

On January 8th and 9th, 2007, hundreds of police and soldiers in Guatemala forcibly evicted the inhabitants of several communities who were living on lands that a Guatemalan military government had granted to Canadian mining company INCO in 1965. Local indigenous people claim the land to be theirs, and resent the exploitation of a foreign corporation. Canada's Skye Resources now lays claim to the land, and paid workers a nominal sum to destroy people's homes.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Indigenous Rights, Militarisation, HudBay Minerals, Skye, Vale (incl. Inco)
Sandy Pond Christmas Appeal
Monday, December 20, 2010

A holiday appeal from the Sandy Pond Alliance: The Sandy Pond Alliance, a group of private citizens, has launched a legal challenge to nullify Schedule 2 and prevent the destruction of lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. Your gift will go directly to the Sandy Pond Alliance to support their legal challenge. This action involves commitment, effort and dedication to our province and country.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, Newfoundland & Labrador, Water and fisheries, Vale (incl. Inco)
Bill C-300 a High Water Mark for Mining and Government Accountability
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

On October 27, 2010, Bill C-300, the so-called Responsible Mining Bill, went to a final vote in the House of Commons. There were no illusions that the private member’s bill, put forward by Liberal MP John McKay, would breeze to victory. The ruling Conservative party whipped its MPs to oppose the Bill. And while the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois had expressed solid support for the Bill from the start, it was unclear how many would actually be in the House for the crucial vote, or, whether the intense industry lobby against the Bill may sway some to stay away.

Bill C-300, Canada, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Barrick Gold, Newsletter 29: Autumn 2010, Goldcorp, HudBay Minerals, IAMGOLD, Vale (incl. Inco)
Vale’s Billion Dollar Bonus – Another Example of EDC’s Faulty CSR
Monday, November 15, 2010

On October 4, 2010, Export Development Canada (EDC) announced that it would provide up to a billion dollars in loans to international mining giant Vale. Half of the amount is targeted to projects at former Inco facilities in Canada; the other half will be available for operations outside Canada but that use Canadian goods and services, or to support exports involving Canadian suppliers.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Labour, Vale (incl. Inco)
Sandy Pond Alliance Launches Legal Challenge
Monday, November 15, 2010

Sandy Pond - J. Jacobs photoA group of determined Newfoundlanders has set about to challenge the legal mechanism that makes it possible for federal authorities to re-classify pristine fish-bearing lakes, streams, and wetlands into mine waste dumps on request from mining companies. Once reclassified, the former natural water bodies no longer enjoy the protections of the Fisheries Act.

Water, Newfoundland & Labrador, Newsletter 29: Autumn 2010, Vale (incl. Inco)
Canadian Lakes, Streams and Wetlands at Risk
Friday, November 12, 2010


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Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, Country, Aur Resources, Environment, Water and fisheries, Imperial Metals, Labrador Iron Mines, Northgate, Taseko, Vale (incl. Inco)
Incomplete Reporting Still Reveals Mining Companies' Toxic Threat: Environmental groups worry some of Canada's mines are dragging feet on federal order to report toxic mining waste
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Joint news release with Ecojustice and Great Lakes United: New data released Friday in response to a lawsuit won last year by Ecojustice, on behalf of Great Lakes United and MiningWatch Canada, is beginning to shine a light on the toxic legacy of Canada's mining and tar sands industries. Unfortunately, despite a lawsuit and a government order to report pollutant releases, some facilities have failed to comply.

Alberta, Canada, LAB Chrysotile, Labrador, Water, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Areva/Cogema, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Barrick Gold, BHP-Billiton, Breakwater Resources, Cameco, Cliffs, Crew, De Beers, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory, Goldcorp, HudBay Minerals, IAMGOLD, Imperial Metals, Inmet, Iron Ore Company of Canada, LAB Chrysotile, Newmont, Northgate, Rio Tinto, Teck, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Judge Rules that Canadian Ambassador Slandered Documentary Video Maker – Both Ambassador and Canadian Government ordered to pay almost $10,000 in damages and costs
Thursday, June 17, 2010

News Release from Klippensteins, Barristers and Solicitors: (Toronto, June 16, 2010) An Ontario judge has ruled that former Canadian Ambassador to Guatemala, Kenneth Cook, slandered Ph.D. student and videographer Steven Schnoor by making false statements about a documentary video that Schnoor made that was critical of the practices of a Canadian mining company.

Corporate Accountability, Guatemala, HudBay Minerals, Skye, Vale (incl. Inco)
Focus on Mining Giant Vale at World Social Forum
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

At the invitation of Brazilian activists who are supporting communities struggling against multinational mining giant Vale (formerly Companhia Vale do Rio Doce) in Brazil, and with support from the Steelworkers Humanity Fund and the Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund, MiningWatch’s Catherine Coumans attended the World Social Foru

Goro and Prony, INCO in Sulawesi, Labrador, Sulawesi, Brazil, Indonesia, Newfoundland & Labrador, New Caledonia, Ontario, Health, Labour, Newsletter 27: Winter 2009-2010, Vale (incl. Inco)
Passing of Innu Leader Daniel Ashini Lamented
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

(Ottawa) MiningWatch Canada was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Innu leader Daniel Ashini Monday evening. Ashini, who had served as chief negotiator and president of the Innu Nation and as chief of the Sheshatshui Band Council, was involved in the creation of MiningWatch and was a member of its founding Board of Directors.

Labrador, Indigenous Rights, Vale (incl. Inco)

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