MiningWatch Canada has signed onto an open statement alongside over 340+ civil society organisations calling on governments around the world to build a coalition to “free themselves” from a little-known international system of secretive tribunals.
The provisions of the Projet de Règlement modifiant le Règlement sur les mines (Draft Regulation amending the Mining Regulation, hereinafter "draft regulation" ) follow the adoption in November 2024 of the Act to amend the Mining Act and other provisions.
On Wednesday, April 15, Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada's Research Coordinator, presented on behalf of the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability to the All Party Parliamentary group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. In her presentation, Catherine raised serious concerns regarding the status of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) which has been without an ombudsperson since May 2025, leaving complainants in limbo.
Groups say expansion could damage a waterway already impacted by decades of coal mining
MONTANA AND IDAHO – Today, a coalition of businesses and conservation organizations formally requested that the Canadian government require a more rigorous review of a proposed coal mine expansion in British Columbia that threatens downstream waters in Montana and Idaho.
When the BC government introduced Bill 15, the Infrastructure Projects Act last May, Premier David Eby said it was needed in order to speed up the construction of dams and major highways in response to economic pressure from US tariffs. When it passed into law less than a month later, Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma assured the public that it would be used primarily for “hospitals and schools.”
Today, three justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of 29 Indigenous Tanzanian plaintiffs who sought permission to have their case against Barrick Mining heard in Canada.
(Toronto, ON) Today, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Matiko John v Barrick Gold Corporation. The decision prevents the plaintiffs from bringing a lawsuit in Ontario against the Toronto-based Barrick Mining Corporation for human rights abuses allegedly committed on its behalf by security forces at the company’s mine in Tanzania.
At the invitation of the House of Commons National Defence Standing Committee, MiningWatch Canada submitted a brief to contribute to the Committee’s Study on the Nexus Between National Defence, National Security, and the Critical Minerals Sector in Canada.
This report back includes:
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
Deep-sea mining hopeful The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) reported on Friday a wider annual loss for 2025 as it advances plans for a US-based polymetallic nodule processing hub and takes steps to strengthen its regulatory position.
Trump official disclosed millions of dollars of shares in Canadian mining company.
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the Carney government’s support for the rare earth mine is necessary to protect Canadian jobs and the economy.