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Potash mining affects the air, land and water. Dust and exhaust gas are released into the air, while the leaching of toxic minerals and processing wastes may end up in the groundwater. Salt is a major waste product of potash mining.

Uranium mining is a highly contentious issue across Canada and globally. Uranium mining, from exploration through to mining, processing, and eventual decommissioning, is risky and dangerous to the environment, wildlife, local peoples and communities, and workers.

Uranium is used for three purposes: weaponry, medical and scientific technology, and energy. MiningWatch Canada believes that there is no public support in Canada for the use of uranium for weaponry, and that medical and scientific technology uses could be well served by existing stockpiles of uranium.

On December 2, 2007, MiningWatch Canada sent an Urgent Appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions regarding allegations of extrajudicial killings by private security guards (tolerated by the government), Papua New Guinea Police and Mobile Unit Police at the Porgera Mine.

(Berlin, Brussels, Kinshasa, London, Lubumbashi, Montreal, Ottawa, Washington) A coalition of non-governmental organisations from Europe, North America, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) launched an international appeal today demanding the publication of the final report of the ministerial commission on the review of mining contracts without delay.