This webinar will take place on Zoom with simultaneous Spanish-English interpretation. 

Recording of the webinar available here:  English and Spanish.

A number of the Conservative leader’s priority projects are nearing or have final approvals, while others face concerns about environmental and First Nations impacts

Carl Meyer, The Narwhal

Pierre Poilievre says a slew of new oil, gas and mining projects in Canada have been “stuck for years” awaiting federal approval. The reality is more complicated.

MiningWatch Canada makes a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change, to inform the rapporteur’s upcoming report on “Human Rights in the Life Cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals.” 

This submission highlights several examples of human rights violations linked to mining for critical minerals, from initial claims staking to exploration, exploitation, and recycling. While our focus is on mining in Canada and the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad, these violations are common globally. 

An Argentinian court is expected to issue a ruling today in a case against eight community members from Chubut who participated in the 2021 “Chubutazo” – a powerful province-wide protest that succeeded in stopping government efforts to impose the Canadian-owned Navidad silver project and allow for industrial mining activities in parts of the province. 

(Ottawa) MiningWatch Canada strongly supports the legal challenge filed today by Xatśūll First Nation against the British Columbia government’s approval of an increase in the height of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled mining companies can receive tax credits on a broad range of activities to prove their mine is 'economically viable'

Stefan Labbé, Business in Vancouver

A Canadian company looking to advance a major B.C. mining project has won an appeal against the province after it denied the company tax credits for millions of dollars of exploration work.

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral efforts to govern the world's oceans.

Stefan Labbé, Business in Vancouver

The Deep Sea Mining Campaign has condemned The Metals Company’s (TMC) announcement that it will seek deep-sea mining permits through the United States as a cynical, desperate attempt to stay afloat, not a credible step forward.