Placer Dome
Halifax Initiative Publishes Canadian Mining Map
Feb 21 2007The 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.
- Alcan
- Anvil
- Barrick Gold
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- Cambior
- Cameco
- Canatuan Project - TVI Pacific
- Chile
- Colombia
- Congo - Democratic Republic
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Dundee Precious Metals
- Gabriel Resources
- Glamis Gold
- Goldcorp
- Golden Star
- Goro and Prony
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- IAMGOLD
- INCO in Sulawesi
- Indonesia
- Ivanhoe
- Kashipur Bauxite Project
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Marcopper Mine
- Metallica Resources
- Mexico
- Nevada
- New Caledonia
- New Gold
- Orvana
- Peru
- Philippines
- Placer Dome
- Romania
- Spain
- Sulawesi
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- TVI Pacific
- Udon Thani - Asia Pacific Resources
Placer Dome Admits to Killings at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea
Apr 08 2006Summary of Findings from Environmental Studies of Calancan Bay related to Surface Disposal Dumping of Mine Tailings into the Bay from the Tapian Pit of the Marcopper Mine
Feb 03 2006Summary by Catherine Coumans, Ph.D., of findings from scientific reviews of the impact of tailings deposition via surface disposal into Calancan Bay, Marinduque, Philippines.
Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Operating Internationally: background documents
Oct 20 2005On October 20, 2005, MiningWatch Canada held a round table on "Regulating Canadian Mining Companies Operating Internationally" with industry, government, and civil society representatives, including invited guests from Latin America, Africa and Asia to examine options for regulatory and/or legislative change and debate the opportunities and difficulties of moving these options forward within the current Canadian political context.
Philippine Province Sues Canadian Mining Giant Placer Dome
Oct 04 2005Philippine Province Files Suit Against Placer Dome – Background
Oct 04 2005As early as 1956, Placer Dome, then Placer Development Limited, became involved in an exploration project on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines, undertaking extensive geological mapping and drilling.
Save Indonesia's Protected Forest Areas from Mining
Sep 14 2005"Spare our homeland" rainforest tribes plead with B.C. mining giant
Sep 14 2005Government and Community Demand Placer Dome Out of Borneo
Sep 14 2005Placer Dome Case Study: Marcopper Mine (Marinduque, Philippines)
Sep 10 2005Part of a series of case studies on Placer Dome mines.
