At recent international tribunal, 14 companies found guilty of exploiting Indigenous lands for mineral extraction across three continents
Brandi Morrin, Ricochet Media
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
Katie Surma, Inside Climate News
Submission to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, to inform the Rapporteur’s 2025 thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council.
On Sunday, representatives of the community of Carrizalillo, a community of 3,500 located roughly 500 metres from the cyanide leaching pad of Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine in Guerrero, Mexico, sent a letter to CEO and President Greg Smith. The correspondence denounces a surprise visit to the community from top company leadership in Mexico as part of efforts to discredit Carrizalillo’s representatives while death threats have been escalating against their members.
Mining Injustice members blocked the northside entrance to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for 30 minutes during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention on Sunday, organizers said.
Alex Flood, Toronto Today
The role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and/or security companies (PMSCs) in the exploitation of natural resources.
Submission to the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries to inform the Working Group's report to be presented to the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council in September 2025.
This submission updates and expands on MiningWatch Canada’s 2019 submission to the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries with a focus on:
In the face of rifts over securitization issues and calls for conservation, Aris Mining intends to launch the Soto Norte mine in Santander, Colombia, in 2029.
Lital Khaikin, NACLA
On February 19, our ejido will halt the Los Filos mine because mine management has refused to even respond to a letter in which we respectfully requested that they implement a clause for the inspection of contractors’ income within the mining operation project, as established in the social cooperation agreement. The clause was agreed to in this way so that the ejido can make adequate adjustments to ensure a balance in terms of income and access to employment, machinery and equipment.
This open letter was written by Proyecto Dulcepamba and was originally posted in Spanish here. Translation by MiningWatch Canada, who is also a signatory.
On Monday, the Committee for the Defence of Water and Páramo of Santurbán, Colombia rallied outside the Ministry of the Environment in Bogota, Colombia. They presented more than 4,000 signatures to Vice Minister Mauricio Cabrera demanding that a Temporary Reserve Area in the Santurbán region of the Santander Department, northeastern Colombia, be put into effect immediately.
