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Newsletter 14: Autumn 2003 - PDF Version

Saturday, December 27, 2003

On December 11th it became publicly known that Manhattan Minerals had lost its main concessions under the Peruvian village of Tambogrande - on a technicality. The Peruvian government had been looking for a politically viable way out of a highly charged situation, and its solution was to ignore the environmental assessment process already underway and instead force the company to show that it met ...

Saturday, December 27, 2003

McClean Lake Appeal to be Heard at Last

After months of waiting, the appeal of the McClean Lake court case will be heard in Saskatoon on Tuesday, January 13th, 2004, at 9:00 am.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Areva/Cogema, Saskatchewan, Environmental Assessment, Uranium

Nuclear Safety Commission Allows Flooded Collins Bay Pit to be Opened to Wollaston Lake

On October 24, 2003, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced its decision to renew the operating licence for Cameco Corporation's Rabbit Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Saskatchewan, Environmental Assessment, Cameco, Uranium

Global Day of Action Against Inco

On October 7th, 2003, a global Day of Action was held against the nickel mining giant Inco. Communities affected by Inco, human rights activists, students, "Raging Grannies," and non-governmental organizations in seven Canadian cities and various locations in nine countries participated in the Day of Action. In Canada ...

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Vale (incl. Inco)

DFAIT-Sponsored Philippine Delegation has Mining Tour in Canada

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Natural Resources Canada, and the World Bank sponsored a multistakeholder delegation from the Philippines to visit three Canadian mines at the end of October.

The mines were the Sullivan Mine (Teck-Cominco) in British Columbia, the closed Island Copper Mine in British Columbia, and the Ekati diamond mine (BHP-Billiton) in the Northwest Territories.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Philippines

Ruling on Private Land in Ontario

By Marilyn Crawford

The Mining and Lands Commissioner Tribunal has made it clear that regulations prioritize the interest of miners over the interest of property owners seeking to exercise their right before staking and prospecting can take place and to have areas exempt from mining claims.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Ontario, Free Entry/Land Access

Demonstration Outside Noranda Headquarters

On November 6, 2003, Greenpeace International released its report "Noranda: from Canada to Patagonia, a Life of Crime".

To mark this event, Greenpeace Canada built a 12 foot by 8 foot dam and put it outside of the Noranda/Brascan offices in Toronto. A four-piece Chilean band played next to the dam and hundreds of leaflets about the proposed Alumysa aluminum smelter in Chile were given to passers-by on Bay Street.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Chile, Noranda/Falconbridge

Niobium Mine at Oka Closer to Operation Despite Widespread Protest from Local Residents

On November 25, 2003, the Québec Court rejected the appeal of the Union of Agricultural Producers to the Administrative Tribunal of Québec's decision in favour of Niocan's proposed niobium mine. This rejection comes as a blow to the residents of Oka who, despite widespread concern around this mine, seem to be hitting bureaucratic obstacles.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Kanesatake - Niocan, Québec, Niocan

Progress on Abandoned Mines

Meeting by candlelight in Halifax because the power had been knocked out by a hurricane, Canada's Ministers of Mines agreed to support the Action Framework developed by the National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI). The National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Advisory Committee is a co-operative partnership of the Canadian mining industry, federal/provincial/territorial ...

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Abandoned Mines