Goro and Prony

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)
Halifax Initiative Publishes Canadian Mining Map
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Canadian mining map was produced by the Halifax Initiative during the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries. The Roundtables, which took place between June and November of 2006, fulfilled one of the recommendations made in the groundbreaking report, Mining in Developing Countries and Corporate Social Responsibility, tabled by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) in June 2005.

Canatuan Project - TVI Pacific, Congo - Democratic Republic, Goro and Prony, INCO in Sulawesi, Kashipur Bauxite Project, Udon Thani - Asia Pacific Resources, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burma, Marcopper Mine, Sulawesi, Chile, Corporate Accountability, Kyrgyz Republic, Colombia, Indonesia, Nevada, Romania, Tanzania, Anvil, New Caledonia, Spain, Corporate Social Responsibility, Philippines, Guatemala, Thailand, Guyana, Mexico, Barrick Gold, Peru, Suriname, Cambior, Cameco, Dundee Precious Metals, Gabriel Resources, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp, Golden Star, IAMGOLD, Ivanhoe, Metallica Resources, New Gold, Orvana, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto Alcan, TVI Pacific
Community Leaders from Indonesia, Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Canada Discuss Struggles Against Inco
Friday, February 2, 2007

A unique opportunity presented itself as a result of the Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Extractive Sector in Developing Countries. On November 13th, 2006, MiningWatch Canada brought together a panel in Montreal made up of community leaders from Indonesia, Guatemala, New Caledonia, and Canada who discussed their struggles against Inco (now CVRD-Inco, having been acquired by the Brazilian firm CVRD-Companhia Vale do Rio Doce).

Goro and Prony, INCO in Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Corporate Accountability, New Caledonia, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ontario, Guatemala, Newsletter 24: Winter 2006-2007, Vale (incl. Inco)
Kanak-led Opposition to Goro Nickel Widens in New Caledonia
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Even as two proposed nickel projects are shifting out of Canadian hands in New Caledonia – Falconbridge’s Koniambo project is now owned by Swiss Xstrata following its hostile takeover of Falconbridge, and Inco is now owned by Brazilian CVRD ...
Goro and Prony, New Caledonia, Newsletter 23: Summer/Autumn 2006, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Indigenous Kanaks Take On Inco in New Caledonia
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

On June 8th, 2006, magistrate Jean-Paul Briseul of the Administrative Court of Nouméa in New Caledonia called on his fellow magistrates to declare Goro-Nickel SA’s licence to operate the Goro mine illegal. On June 15th, the Administrative Court revoked Inco’s 2004 mining licence.

Goro and Prony, Corporate Accountability, New Caledonia, Newsletter 22: Spring 2006
Goro Protestors Face Judge Today: Demonstrators Pledge Support for Ongoing Indigenous and Environmental Struggle Against Mine
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
(Ottawa) Today some of the 18 protestors who are alleged to have participated in a blockade that shut down Inco’s Goro nickel mine in New Caledonia from March 29 to April 18 face arraignment in the capital Noumea. Two indigenous Kanak leaders, Raphaël Mapou and André Vama, remain in hiding. The question political authorities of this Pacific island territory of France must ...
Goro and Prony, New Caledonia
Environmental Failures at Inco's Goro Mine Reinforce Kanak Concerns
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Mineral Policy Institute/MiningWatch Canada (Noumea) In a radio interview yesterday evening in New Caledonia, Catherine Guillaume, communications manager for the Goro Nickel mine, acknowledged that a landslide had led to a failure of the company's erosion control management. The incident affected the Kie River that flows directly into the lagoon facing the Merlet Reserve, ...
Goro and Prony, New Caledonia
Inco’s Goro Site Blockaded Again by Indigenous Kanaks: French Troops Respond with Violent Action
Monday, April 3, 2006
(Ottawa/Noumea) Indigenous Kanak Chiefs and villagers are currently blockading all access to Inco’s massive Goro Nickel project on the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. The blockades started in the evening of March 29th. All terrestrial access to the Goro Nickel’s plant site, power plant site and mine is blocked with heavy trucks and huge ...
Goro and Prony, New Caledonia
New Caledonia: International Nickel Symposium (July 2005)
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

With an estimated 25% of known nickel reserves, the tiny South Pacific island of New Caledonia is a priority area for Canadian mining corporations Inco and Falconbridge. Both companies are currently engaged in major expansions, and both projects are characterized by social, political and environmental controversy.

Goro and Prony, New Caledonia, Newsletter 19: Summer 2005, Noranda/Falconbridge, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Indigenous Kanaks Blockade Inco’s Goro Site, Demand Hearing from Inco, Government Authorities
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
On February 1st at 4am in the morning members of the indigenous Kanak Rhéébù Nùù Committee blockaded the entrance to INCO’s Goro Nickel site. This is the latest effort in a long-standing struggle by the Kanak population of New Caledonia in the South Pacific to force Canadian nickel giant INCO to respect local indigenous rights. ...
Goro and Prony, New Caledonia, Newsletter 18: Winter/Spring 2004-2005, Indigenous Rights

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