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Fight for Public Involvement in Environmental Assessment Heads To Supreme Court: First Time Environmental Group Granted Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

A long battle over the public's right to be consulted on large mines and other industrial projects is now heading to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court decided on December 18, 2008 to allow MiningWatch Canada to appeal the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal on the environmental assessment of the proposed Red Chris mine in British Columbia.

Thursday, December 18, 2008
British Columbia, Environmental Assessment, Imperial Metals
Letter to Shareholder Group re: Human Rights Impact Assessment for Goldcorp's Guatemala Mine

In a letter dated December 4, 2009, MiningWatch Research Coordinator Catherine Coumans detailed serious concerns with the Human Rights Impact Assessment for Goldcorp's Marlin mine in Guatemala, announced April 24, 2008 as a response to pressure from shareholder groups (see announcement, below). A followup letter was sent March 16, 2010. Shareholder initiatives should be carefully constructed so as not to harm the groups and communities they are supposed to be supporting.

Monday, December 15, 2008
Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Goldcorp
Modernizing Mining in Ontario

On August 5th, 2008, the Ontario government announced a public consultation process to “modernize the Ontario Mining Act”. The consultations were focused around the government’s discussion paper Modernizing Ontario’s Mining Act, Finding a Balance posted online on August 11th. Closed door stakeholder and open public consultations took place from August 11th to September 8th in Timmins, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Kingston and Toronto.

Monday, December 15, 2008
Ontario, Indigenous Rights
Accueil favorable à la publication du rapport de revisitation des contrats miniers congolais

Des organisations non gouvernementales congolaises et internationales saluent aujourd’hui la publication de l’examen des contrats miniers par le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et demandent à ce dernier de veiller à ce que la renégociation des contrats se déroule ouvertement et de manière équitable.

Thursday, December 11, 2008
Congo - Democratic Republic
IUCN Assembly Opposes Mining In Central America

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION OF THE IUCN, BARCELONA, SPAIN

CGR4.MOT141 Exploration and exploitation of open-cast mining activities in Mesoamerica

(UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION)

WHEREAS there are decisions to invest in the exploitation of metallic minerals in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor that will affect thousands of hectares of primary forests, key watersheds in the area, and marine coastal areas rich in biodiversity, and thus human health and food security for the population;

Thursday, December 11, 2008
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Aura Minerals, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Goldcorp, HudBay Minerals, Inmet, Pacific Rim, Petaquilla Minerals, Skye, Infinito Gold/Vanessa, Yamana Gold

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