Noranda/Falconbridge

Ontario Taxpayers Unprotected from Potential Costs of Cleaning Up $584 Million of Contaminated Sites at Inco and Falconbridge Operations
Thursday, April 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)
New Caledonia: International Nickel Symposium (July 2005)
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

With an estimated 25% of known nickel reserves, the tiny South Pacific island of New Caledonia is a priority area for Canadian mining corporations Inco and Falconbridge. Both companies are currently engaged in major expansions, and both projects are characterized by social, political and environmental controversy.

Goro and Prony, New Caledonia, Newsletter 19: Summer 2005, Noranda/Falconbridge, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Tailings Wash-out Results in Deaths in Jamaica
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

A "remediated" mine tailings area at Myersville, Jamaica became a watery grave for five people on July 16, 2005, when rains from Hurricane Emily washed their car off a road and over a precipice.

The bauxite mine, dug thirty years ago, belongs to Alpart and had been " restored, rehabilitated and certified," according to Lance Neita, Alpart's public relations manager. Jamaican National Works Agency (NWA) spokesman Stephen Shaw said that erosion had taken place at the site and guard rails should have been installed.

Jamaica, Newsletter 19: Summer 2005, Noranda/Falconbridge
Demonstration Outside Noranda Headquarters
Saturday, December 27, 2003

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.

Chile, Newsletter 14: Autumn 2003, Noranda/Falconbridge
Falconbridge Granted Permit to Pollute the Groundhog River
Saturday, December 27, 2003
Falconbridge might be feeling fourth time lucky after the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's recent approval and Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal okaying of their Plan (#4) to dump the effluent from a new copper-nickel mine into a sturgeon spawning ground in a pristine stretch of the Groundhog River. Past ...
Ontario, Newsletter 14: Autumn 2003, Noranda/Falconbridge
Noranda Retracts Environmental Impact Statement for Alumysa Aluminum Smelter in Chile
Friday, September 19, 2003

The “No-Alumysa” campaign is celebrating as Noranda’s proposed Alumysa aluminum smelter in southern Chile is put on hold indefinitely.

Chile, Newsletter 13: Summer 2003, Noranda/Falconbridge
Landmark 'no-go' pledge from leading mining companies
Wednesday, August 20, 2003

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) announcement:

Corporate Accountability, AngloGold Ashanti, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Planning, Barrick Gold, BHP-Billiton, Newmont, Noranda/Falconbridge, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto
Noranda Faces Tough Opposition: Chilean President against Noranda's Proposed Aluminum Smelter in Patagonia
Monday, August 11, 2003

August 11, 2003 - In a recent visit to Patagonia, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos made a strong public statement against Canadian Noranda Inc.’s proposed Alumysa aluminum smelter in the fragile region of Chacabuco Bay in the Aisén region of Patagonia, Chile.

Chile, Noranda/Falconbridge
Chilean Activist Builds Solidarity with Canadian Noranda Workers, Students, and Politicians
Tuesday, June 3, 2003

MiningWatch Canada, in coordination with the Halifax Initiative, hosted Chilean activist Peter Hartmann from February 22nd to March 7th. Peter comes from Aysén in Chilean Patagonia, and is fighting Noranda’s proposed $2.75 billion Alumysa aluminum smelter.

Alumysa, Newsletter 12: Spring 2003, Noranda/Falconbridge, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
High Level Kanak Delegation Visits Canada
Tuesday, June 3, 2003

From March 9-19 an eight-member delegation visited Canada from the French “overseas territory” of New Caledonia, also known as Kanaky, in the southwestern Pacific.

The trip, billed as a “fact-finding” mission, arose from deep concern in the indigenous Kanak community over Inco’s plans to build a massive nickel mine in the island territory.

New Caledonia, Newsletter 12: Spring 2003, Noranda/Falconbridge, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)

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