PALAWAN ANTI-MINING PROTESTERS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES: FEW GAINS ACHIEVED AND MORE CHALLENGES AHEAD

by mininginjustice | Jun 9, 2010 | Case Studies, Community Statements, News

Indigenous Peoples were ‘shocked’ to learn this week that the application of three new Philippine mining firms has been approved into one Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) on Palawan, a UNESCO “Man and Biosphere Reserve” in the...

Mercury Still Killing in Grassy Narrows

by mininginjustice | Apr 5, 2010 | News, Upcoming Events

Shocking new health study confirms Native health concerns; questions Health Canada guidelines Toronto – The health impacts of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows people are worse now than in the 1970’s, say the shocking results of a newly translated health...

New report shows Peru Government’s betrayal of Indigenous Peoples

by mininginjustice | Apr 5, 2010 | Case Studies, News

from Intercontinental Cry Six weeks ago, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced that it was “indefinitely suspending” the exploration activities of a Canadian mining company inside the sacred territory of the Awajun and Wampis Peoples. AMAZONIA FOR SALE...

Mining company wants film sympathetic to Tsilhqot’in barred from public hearing

by mininginjustice | Mar 26, 2010 | News

By Andrew MacLeod, March 17, 2010. Taseko Mines Ltd. is seeking to prevent a federal panel reviewing its proposal for a gold and copper mine in northern British Columbia from showing a public hearing a documentary it says is biased in favour of the Tsilhqot’in...

Assassination of a Leader Opposed to Mining Exploitation in Chiapas

by mininginjustice | Nov 29, 2009 | Case Studies, News, Uncategorized

by Elio Henriquez, correspondent for “La Jornada”                Saturday 28th November, 2009 (translated by Megan Kinch) On Friday night, 27th , Mariano Abarca Roblero was assassinated by gunshot. Mariano was one of the strongest opposition leaders against mining...

FINALLY! A week’s worth of great reporting in the Toronto Star

by mininginjustice | Nov 25, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Mainstream press in Canada is reporting on Canadian Mining abuses abroad This week’s reporting in the Toronto Star included a series of important reports on Canadian mining companies operating abroad. The first report detailed allegations (backed with video...