In April 2021, the International Articulation of Those Affected by Vale (A Articulação Internacional dos Atingidos e Atingidas pela Vale, AIAAV) launched the Vale 2021 Unsustainability Report. Now, after a collective process of review and translation, with the support of partners in Canada, AIAAV has launched the English version of the document. The intention is for the publication to reach an even wider circulation, since a company with global operations requires processes of resistance that are, also, global.

A case before the Federal Court of Appeal this week shines a light on why we urgently need not only corporate accountability, but government accountability when it comes to Canadian mining operations abroad. In 2009, Mexican environment defender Mariano Abarca was killed for denouncing environmental damage and social conflict caused by a Canadian mining company in his community of Chicomuselo, Chiapas. 

The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a major carbon sink the size of Portugal — for decades

By Inori Roy

This story is part of Carbon Cache, The Narwhal’s ongoing series about nature-based climate solutions.

[Updated to add Publish What You Pay statement released Nov.1] The science is undeniable. If our world has a hope of limiting global warming to 2℃ and avoiding even greater climate catastrophe, we must limit our consumption of fossil fuels — and fast. But the rush towards the energy transition can’t mean business as usual.

Victoria/Smithers, B.C. – October 26, 2021. Local, regional and national groups support Gitxaala Nation’s legal action against the B.C. government. Earlier today, the Gitxaała First Nation filed a first-of-its kind legal challenge in the British Columbia Supreme Court against the province’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime.

In Mexico, speculation on lithium reserves is sparking fears about the impact of mining—and calls for nationalization

The extraction of lithium, an essential mineral for mobile phone batteries, electric cars, and solar panels, has begun to reshape geopolitical relations, intensifying speculation by mining companies and deepening socio-environmental conflicts in areas where the deposits are located. The Global South is increasingly being impacted by the promotion and advancement of the “energy transition”.

Santa Cruz, Bolivia. On October 12th, 2021 leaders of the Comité Cívico Potosinista (COMCIPO) and members of the Municipal Council of Potosi blocked the entranceway to the San Bartolome oxides plant, owned by Canadian company Andean Precious Metals (TSX: APM) in Potosi, Bolivia. They claim that the company’s mining operations are responsible for the ongoing destruction of the Cerro Rico de Potosi — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and sacred to the Indigenous Qaraqara people.

Federal Court of Appeal hearing scheduled for November – We want an investigation into the Canadian Embassy in Mexico

MiningWatch Canada is excited to announce that Valerie Croft has joined our staff as Communications Coordinator. Her skills and experience will bring us added capacity and will allow us to be more creative, more thorough, and more effective in our public communications, media work, and social media presence. 

Oaxaca, September 29th, 2021

To the media

To the general public

To our sisters and brothers of Turtle Island

In the context of the “Oaxaca-Canada 2021 Indigenous Encounter” organized by the governments of Canada and Mexico from September 20—October 8 in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, we have decided to make known some relevant issues that have been omitted or misrepresented in the official announcements and press conferences.