For close to twenty years, communities affected by proposed mining development in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina have held a standing engagement on the 4th day of every month: to march in defence of life and reiterate their commitment to uphold the results of a 2003 referendum that said ‘NO’ to industrial mining. 

In view of the repression suffered this afternoon by the neighbors of Andalgalá, who were resisting the advance of the MARA project in Choya, the organizing network of the Multi-National March for Water issues the following statement:

(Ottawa) As Barrick prepares to speak at its Annual General Meeting about the soaring gold price in an unstable world, returns on investment for shareholders, and the value of the company’s global assets, affected communities from Alaska to the Dominican Republic, and from Tanzania to Papua New Guinea, speak out about the ongoing harm they suffer as Barrick explores and mines their traditional lands. 

OTTAWA - Canada has announced a new responsible business strategy to ensure companies prevent or ease negative effects to human rights and the environment in their operations overseas. Advocates, however, are criticizing the strategy for being largely a repeat of the previous one put in place by Stephen Harper's Conservative government in 2014. 

(Ottawa, Chiapas) The family of assassinated Mexican environment defender Mariano Abarca is hoping that the Supreme Court of Canada will pave the way for an investigation of the Canadian Embassy in Mexico by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner.  It will be the first time that Canada’s much maligned whistleblower system will come under scrutiny at the highest court.

Steps need to be taken to ensure that deep seabed mining does not put at risk species that are not found anywhere else in the world.

Written by Susanna D. Fuller, Catherine Coumans, Nicole Zanesco. Originally published on Policy Options

Written by Andrew Findlay, The Narwhal

(Ottawa, Quebec) Quebec Meilleure Mine and MiningWatch Canada condemn the Quebec government's decision to weaken air quality standards for nickel. This decision, which follows years of pressure from mining industry lobbyists, goes against the advice of 18 Quebec public health departments, the City of Quebec, and the many citizen and environmental organizations that participated in public consultations last February. 

Letter addressed on April 1st, 2022, to Mr. Benoît Dubreuil, Regional Director, Quebec Regional Office, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

Mr. Director,

Eau Secours is writing to you to express our concerns about the deficiencies in the environmental impact assessment regarding the management of arsenic contamination of pit waters that would be generated by the Galaxy Lithium (Canada) Inc.’s James Bay Lithium Mine Project.

The latest quarterly results deepen the misery of would-be deep sea miner The Metals Company (TMC) showing widening annual losses, dwindling cash reserves, and a share price that is back in the doldrums.