Just as Premier Christy Clark announces more direct and indirect subsidies to the mining industry, groups are calling on the BC government to better industry practices and stronger regulations to protect the environment, communities, and taxpayers from further environmental liability related to mining.
VANCOUVER – Environmental groups are calling on the BC government and mining companies to commit to better practices and stronger regulations to protect the environment and communities from industrial pollution.
This week, thousands of affected-community members protested against HudBay Minerals’ Constancia open-pit copper mine in southern Peru.
After failed attempts to dialogue with HudBay Minerals, the Velille Defence Front, community presidents, community boards, the Chumbivilcas Defence Front and nearby districts have announced a preventative strike for 72 hours starting January 25, 2016 against the company’s Peruvian subsidiary HudBay Perú S.A.C. HudBay’s open-pit Constancia copper project is located within the districts of Velille, Chamaca and Livitaca, in t
(Ottawa) Civil society groups are calling on the new Liberal federal government to use the upcoming budget to do away with the ineffective and embarrassing Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor.
(January 19, 2016) Local, provincial, and national groups are asking the federal and provincial governments to halt the review period on the Application for proposed Ajax open pit mine in Kamloops until the proponent, KGHM Ajax, has released its full updated feasibility study for the project.
December 18, 2015. Following yesterday’s release of the B.C.
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, December 17, 2015
No charges will be issued under the province’s mining laws against Imperial Metals after the catastrophic failure of its Mount Polley gold and copper mine tailings dam.
B.C.’s chief inspector of mines decided not to forward charges to Crown counsel involving the Aug. 4, 2014 incident.
(Ottawa/Paris) MiningWatch Canada and the French anti-corruption association Sherpa announced today that they have filed a report with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) calling for an investigation into Canadian mining company Kinross Gold Corporation for apparent breaches of Canada’s anti-corruption laws at the company’s Tasiast mine in Mauritania and its Chirano mine in Ghana.
(Ottawa, December 9, 2015) Based on the Ontario Auditor General’s report, released last week, MiningWatch Canada is alarmed by the rapidly growing environmental liability of mine sites in Ontario.
