Miners across Canada are using a legally undefined status known as ‘care and maintenance’ to dodge responsibility for environmental liabilities
Written by Nick Gottlieb, The Breach
Imagine you own a coal mine in British Columbia. (Yes, governments in Canada are still approving new coal mines.)
Photo: A house in the community of El Naranjo in the Dominican Republic, metres away from the existing area for mine waste at Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine. Source: Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada
A local court in southern Ecuador has ordered Dundee Precious Metals to suspend its mining operations in the páramo de Kimsakocha, upholding the rights of local communities and dealing another blow to Canadian mining interests in the region.
Ahead of the United Nations’ Universal periodic review on November 10, 2023, a delegation composed of Indigenous leaders, local communities, and Latin American civil society representatives will travel to Geneva for the UPR pre-session from August 28 to September 1, 2023 to expose the predatory modus operandi of Canada’s extractive sectors operating in Latin American and the Caribbean.
Today, August 15, the International Mission to #StopISDS launched its final report (in English and Spanish), rejecting how transnational corporations are suing Colombia for billions of dollars and calling on Gustavo Petro’s administration to withdraw from this unfair system of foreign investm
Living a stone’s throw from Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine, the largest gold mine in Latin America, communities in the Dominican Republic have good reason to be concerned.
Industry advocates hoping for big investment in 2024 budget. Critics raise alarms about a free-for-all
Chad Pawson · CBC News
Miners in B.C. searching for deposits of minerals deemed critical for low-carbon technologies say they've never been more excited for the sector but require extended provincial support to realize their dreams.
(Winnipeg/Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Nation) Multiple oversights in the development of the Manitoba government’s new Critical Minerals Strategy have forced seven organizations to release an open letter and series of questions, urging a halt in implementing the Strategy until answers have been provi
By: Heather Fast, Jamie Kneen, Eric Reder and Warren Bernauer
Last week, the Government of Manitoba released the Critical Minerals Strategy: Driving Sustainable Growth. For years, Manitoba’s environmental community has been raising the alarm about the short and long-term implications of mining on the environment and the health of mining-adjacent communities.
There is a need for a more thoughtful and detailed strategy that meaningfully addresses the environmental concerns and interests of the public and Indigenous communities.