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Government Prepares to Permit the Destruction of More Lakes by Mining: MiningWatch Canada Submits Environmental Petitions to Auditor General

(Ottawa) The Auditor General of Canada has accepted two Environmental Petitions recently submitted by MiningWatch Canada, questioning how the federal government can permit the permanent destruction of entire fish-bearing freshwater ecosystems by mine wastes in light of the government’s stated commitment to sustainable development.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Submarine/Subaqueous Tailings Disposal

Potash Mining

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.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Potash

Environmental Aspects of Phosphate and Potash Mining

Published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Fertilizer Industry Association, this document is a bit optimistic about the impacts of potash mining, but provides a decent overview.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Potash

MiningWatch Canada Policy Statement on Uranium 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.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Uranium

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Calls for Major Overhaul of Mining Act

[News release] Ontario should amend the Mining Act to provide for consultation with First Nations when granting mining claims and leases and stop treating public lands as freely open to mineral exploration, according to Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gordon Miller.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Ontario, Free Entry/Land Access, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Uranium, Frontenac Ventures, Platinex

Urgent Appeal to United Nations Special Rapporteurs Regarding Human Rights Abuses at Porgera Mine

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.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights

Breaching Indigenous Law: Canadian Mining in Guatemala

By: Shin Imai, Ladan Mehranvar, and Jennifer Sander; reproduced from the Indigenous Law Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2007 with permission from the authors. This is a case study of a small Indigenous community in Guatemala that defied a powerful Canadian mining company by holding a community vote on whether to allow mining on its territory. The result of the vote—to stop mining activity on its territory—has not been honoured by the Canadian mining company.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Guatemala, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp

International Appeal for the Publication of the Final Report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

(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.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Congo - Democratic Republic, American Mineral Fields/Adastra, Anvil, Banro, Militarisation, Diamondworks/Energem

Lawsuit exposes Canada’s toxic tailings secret: Groups say feds flouting law, hiding mining pollution from public

[Joint news release] Litigation was launched today against Canada’s Minister of Environment to ensure that the hundreds of millions of kilograms of toxic mining waste being kept secret from the Canadian public are reported.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Canada, Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory

Mining Investors: Understanding the legal structure of a mining company and identifying its management, shareholders and relationship with the financial markets

Communities dealing with the impact from mining activities (whether at the claim-staking, exploration, development, operating, closure, or restoration/rehabilitation stage) find themselves confronted by a legal entity they may not understand, making demands that are contrary to the desires of the community, and giving reason for its behaviour that they do not know how to counteract.