Statement from the Assembly 'No to the Esquel Mine' as Argentine officials meet with mining industry representatives during PDAC 2022: The December 2021 protests are still fresh, when the “Chubutazo” groundswell stopped the Arcioni government in its attempt to impose industrial mining in the province of Chubut. Nevertheless, this week the government of Alberto Fernández is promoting the Navidad and the Cordón Esquel projects at the Prospector’s and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2022 mining summit. 

Every year at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) Mining Convention in Canada, the usurpers of our territory speak about the "Warintza model" — bringing their paid Shuar personnel to speak wonders of a project that our people and our legitimate community leaders reject.

(Ottawa) On June 2, Yultrina Pieter and fifty-five other women of Bawone and Binebas villages on the small island of Sangihe¹ won a legal victory in their struggle to protect their island homes from a proposed Canadian-owned open-pit gold mine.

The world is changing and all governments must fight the climate crisis and ensure economic development benefits everyone, including Indigenous Peoples, Canada's prime minister said Monday as Chile pushes ahead with reforms to its mining sector.

"You cannot grow a strong, resilient economy in the 21st century unless you are also protecting the environment, unless everyone has a chance to participate, unless you are including people who have been excluded," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as he appeared alongside Chilean President Gabriel Boric during his visit to Ottawa.

By Charles Mandel

E-commerce giant Shopify has reported that some of its hardware products contain so-called conflict minerals. Conflict minerals are minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or adjacent countries, and which may benefit armed groups in the region. 

Two years after the international mining industry convened to set on standards how to prevent catastrophic failures of tailings dams, critics contend these collapses are still happening.

New report calls for revamped safety standards as companies race to meet demand for clean energy minerals.

By Lina Tran, Grist

June 1 (Reuters) - Mining companies should get consent from the indigenous peoples and affected communities over the life of a mine for both proposed and existing waste storage facilities, or tailings dams, a coalition of environmental groups recommended in a report published on Tuesday.

Mining could soon begin in one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet: the deep seabed. And while Canadian companies are at the forefront of efforts to expand this destructive industry into our oceans, the Canadian government has largely remained silent. Take action! Call on your Member of Parliament to oppose deep seabed mining and to support policies that will protect the seabed along Canada’s coasts and in the international waters that belong to all of us.