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Canadian Civil Society Welcomes RCMP Raid on Blackfire Exploration
Monday, August 29, 2011

News release: MiningWatch Canada, Common Frontiers, the United Steelworkers (USW), and Council of Canadians welcome news of an RCMP raid on the Calgary office of Blackfire Exploration, the privately-held company whose barite mine in Chiapas, Mexico has been in the news since the November 2009 murder of anti-mining activist Mariano Abarca.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Blackfire
Statement from the Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining Regarding RCMP Raid on Blackfire Offices
Monday, August 29, 2011

Communiqué: The Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining - Chiapas chapter released a statement following revelations that the RCMP raided Blackfire Exploration's Calgary-based offices on July 20, 2011.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mexico, Impact on Communities, Blackfire
Guatemala Defies Human Rights Body, Refuses To Suspend Marlin Mine
Thursday, August 4, 2011

News release: After a year of delays, Guatemala has backtracked on its promise to comply with precautionary measures issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and to suspend Goldcorp's Marlin mine.

Corporate Accountability, Guatemala, Human Rights, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Goldcorp
Murder in El Salvador Calls Canadian Mining Interests Into Question
Monday, June 20, 2011

Joint news release with Council of Canadians and Common Frontiers: Yet another anti-mining activist has been murdered in El Salvador. Canadian civil society organizations are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe are linked to the presence of Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining in the department of Cabañas.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, El Salvador, Human Rights, International Trade and Investment, Pacific Rim
Goldcorp Asks Shareholders to Ignore International Consensus to Suspend Operations at its Marlin Mine in Guatemala
Thursday, May 19, 2011

News release: After a year in which every major human rights body has called for the suspension of the Marlin mine in Guatemala, on Wednesday Goldcorp asked its shareholders to trust its judgment instead.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Goldcorp
Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

News release: Latin American human rights advocates are in Vancouver to testify about the devastating impacts that Canadian-owned mines are having on their lives, homes and territories.

Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
Canadian Government Abdicates Responsibility to Ensure Respect for Human Rights
Monday, May 16, 2011

News release: Without ruling on allegations of human rights violations, the Canadian government has closed a complaint from indigenous communities affected by Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in Guatemala. The decision marks the end of a process that was both procedurally and substantively deficient, and provides yet another example of Canada’s failure to ensure that its mining industry respects human rights around the world.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Goldcorp
Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine
Thursday, May 5, 2011

News release: (Ottawa, May 5, 2011) For the fourth year in a row, Indigenous Ipili leaders from Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are in Canada to protest ongoing severe environmental impacts and human rights abuses associated with Barrick’s Porgera mine.

Porgera Mine - Barrick, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Papua New Guinea, Barrick Gold, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights
Communities in Argentina and Chile Protest While Barrick Gold’s Shareholders Meet in Toronto
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

News release from the Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts (OLCA), Santiago Anti-Pascua Lama Coordination, the Northern Chile Environmental Network, and the Huasco Valley Defence Council: Protests against Barrick Gold’s massive Pascua Lama project are taking place in the southern cone timed to coincide with the company’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto. In Buenos Aires, Santiago, San Juan, and Vallenar, communities are demonstrating against Barrick’s impacts on nature, people and democracy. They have released this open letter written to the attention of Barrick Gold’s shareholders.

Argentina, Chile, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Barrick Gold
Tax Evasion in Zambia: NGOs File Complaint Against Glencore, First Quantum for Violation of OECD Guidelines
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

News release: Five organizations, from Zambia, Switzerland, France, and Canada, have filed a complaint today against Glencore International AG and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. before the Swiss and Canadian National Contact Points (NCP) for violating the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Zambia, Economics & Taxation, First Quantum Minerals

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