Vale (incl. Inco)

Land Conflicts in El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala & the Rights of the Maya Q'eqchi' People
Domingo, Noviembre 19, 2006

Summary:

In the municipal jurisdiction of El Estor in northeastern Guatemala, Maya Q'eqchi' communities represent more than 90% of the population. They are scattered over an area of nearly 3,000 km2 in more than 100 villages as well as the town of El Estor, totaling over 35,000 persons.

Guatemala, BHP-Billiton, HudBay Minerals, Skye, Vale (incl. Inco)
Kanak-led Opposition to Goro Nickel Widens in New Caledonia
Martes, Octubre 24, 2006

Goro and Prony, New Caledonia, Newsletter 23: Summer/Autumn 2006, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Indigenous Kanaks Take On Inco in New Caledonia
Miércoles, Julio 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
Martes, Mayo 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
Jueves, Abril 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
Ontario Taxpayers Unprotected from Potential Costs of Cleaning Up $584 Million of Contaminated Sites at Inco and Falconbridge Operations
Jueves, Abril 13, 2006

MiningWatch Canada learned today, through an application under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, that the two mining companies in Ontario with the largest environmental footprint have been allowed to "self-assure" their mining operations against closure and abandonment. The companies themselves estimate the cost of that clean-up as over $585 million.

Abandoned Mines, Ontario, Economics & Taxation, Noranda/Falconbridge, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Inco’s Goro Site Blockaded Again by Indigenous Kanaks: French Troops Respond with Violent Action
Lunes, Abril 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
Urgent Action Over Attack on Guatemalan Trade Unionists
Domingo, Octubre 2, 2005

From Rights Action:

GUATEMALA: This urgent action deals with recent repression possibly related to opposition to the mining operations of Skye Resources Inc., a Canadian nickel mining company.

On September 27, at midday, the offices of CTC (Central de Trabajadores del Campo) the umbrella organization of FTCC (Federación de Trabajadores del Campo y la Ciudad) were attacked and robbed by six armed men. According to CTC employees, files were rifled, a computer stolen and several cellphones stolen.

Guatemala, HudBay Minerals, Skye, Vale (incl. Inco)
Protests and Blockades Continue Against Inco in Indonesia
Miércoles, Septiembre 28, 2005

Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) – MiningWatch Canada – Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR)

For Immediate Release

Today, Wednesday, September 28, 2005, over five hundred people are staging a blockade at the PT Inco mine site in Sorowako, Indonesia while facing intimidation by hired men to break up the blockade and create horizontal conflict within the community. Several people earlier detained by police for several hours have been released.

INCO in Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Vale (incl. Inco)
Mining Concessions in Guatemala
Miércoles, Septiembre 14, 2005

A presentation of the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mines explaining the mineral concession process in that country. In Spanish.

Guatemala, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp, Vale (incl. Inco)

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