Our annual report provides some key highlights from MiningWatch's work in 2023, with additional information about our financial position in 2023.
International Campaigns: Holding government and industry accountable for mining abuses abroad
Internal gov't documents suggest move is to ensure investments in industry don’t wither
Julien Gignac, CBC News
The Yukon government may subsidize mining companies to help them reduce emissions, according to documents obtained through an access to information request.
Never before seen in Quebec: Funding for Lomiko Metals by the U.S. Department of Defense provokes consternation among local residents opposed to the La Loutre project.
MiningWatch Canada is a signatory to the following letter sent to the Government of Canada on May 28, 2024 expressing concern over Canada's engagement at recent International Seabed Authority meetings where regulations to advance deep sea mining are being negotiated. Among other requests, the letter calls on Canada to attend upcoming ISA meetings in July with a renewed mandate that prioritizes good governance, Indigenous participation, and upholds commitments to ocean protection.
Dear Honourable Ministers Joly, Wilkinson, Lebouthillier, and Guilbeault,
Aimee Gabay, Mongabay
Violent crackdowns by Ecuadorian security forces on antimining protesters there have highlighted the outsize role that Canadian mining companies play in human rights abuses in other countries, and the failure by the government in Ottawa to police their conduct.
The following statement was translated by Rights Action, who calls on organizations and people - particularly in Canada, Switzerland and the US that are home to the mining companies – to use the statements below (English below and Spanish version here) to initiate, or continue with your education and activism work to pressure your governments and your companies to comply with the just demands of the Maya Q’eqchi’ people.
In October and November 2023, Panamanians took to the streets in record numbers to denounce a mining contract between Canada’s First Quantum Minerals and the Government of Panama. For years, First Quantum has operated its massive open-pit copper mine in legal limbo, as its concession was declared unconstitutional in 2017.
The following was written by Jan Morrill, Tailings Campaign Manager with Earthworks and Viviana Herrera, Latin America Program Coordinator with MiningWatch Canada.
Representatives of communities impacted by Barrick Gold’s operations in Argentina, along with their allies in the U.S. and Canada, were taken aback by the company’s actions to restrict participation in its 2024 Annual General Shareholder Meeting on April 30th.
We, the undersigned organizations, express our solidarity with and support for the affected communities and the petitioners against Canadian mining firm OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. Several petitioners, representing different sectors and affected groups, have filed a case to cancel the renewal of OceanaGold’s mining agreement (Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement/FTAA) with the Philippine government. They contend that OceanaGold’s large-scale mining operations in the province of Nueva Vizcaya have violated Philippine laws (case name: ‘Mangalinao et al. v.
Protests over the Canadian company’s Panamanian copper mine were met with violence