The Mount Polley tailings pond breach on August 4, 2014 is the worst environmental mining disaster in BC’s history. The disaster shook the public’s confidence in the province’s ability to protect their human rights and the environment from harms caused by the Mount Polley tailings dam failure. In Amnesty International’s view, the disaster raises serious questions about the province`s ability to protect British Columbians’ economic, social, cultural, Indigenous and universal human rights under current mining regulations.

(Guatemala City/Oakland/Toronto/Ottawa/Tatamagouche) – While a civil lawsuit moves forward in British Columbia courts against Tahoe Resources for violence at its Escobal mine in Guatemala, advocacy organizations are calling on BC securities regulators to investigate the company for failure to disclose material information relating to community opposition and human rights violations in the same area.

(Ottawa) On Tuesday, MiningWatch Canada filed a motion for habeas corpus in a Peruvian court in response to the illegal and arbitrary detention of the organisation’s Latin America Program Coordinator Jen Moore and American journalist John Dougherty on April 21 in Cusco, Peru, following a screening of a film about Hudbay Minerals’ operations in the Americas.

(Ottawa) Two women who have suffered sexual violence at the hands of mine security at Barrick’s massive Porgera Joint Venture mine in Papua New Guinea appealed directly to the Government of Canada today. They seek help in accessing equitable remedy for the mining-related harm they and other villagers are suffering.

(Malartic, Quebec) Malartic community members living closest to the biggest open pit mine next to city in Canada are pleased with today’s Quebec Superior Court authorizing a class action suit for damages they suffer from the dust, noise and daily blasts for years. The Court gave its ‘go-ahead’ for a suit which could amount to more than $40 million, including $20 million in exemplary damages against some of the company's behaviour. The mine is co-owned by Agnico Eagle & Yamana Gold.

(Vancouver) Community members joined Vancouver’s Mining Justice Alliance outside Nevsun Resources’ Annual General Meeting today to present over 240,000 signatures on petitions calling for the company’s shareholders to divest from operations in Eritrea, a country where forced labour is widespread.

Scientists and civil society organisations from around the world welcome Apple’s 2017 Environment Responsibility Report announcing the communication technology giant’s goal to “stop mining the earth altogether”[1]. They call on other companies to match this commitment.

Community members will join Vancouver’s Mining Justice Alliance outside Nevsun Resources’ Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, May 3rd, to call attention to accusations that the company profits from slave labour at its Bisha gold/copper mine in Eritrea. The group will present a petition and make the case that the company’s investors must divest from operations in Eritrea, a country where forced labour is widespread.

‘They like raping us, the security guards’

By Hilary Beaumont  on Apr 26, 2017

Two women from Papua New Guinea flew half-way around the world this week to tell their stories of sexual assault at a Canadian mining giant’s shareholders’ meeting — but when they arrived at the meeting, they say they were told they couldn’t speak.