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...
by mininginjustice | Nov 7, 2009 | Case Studies, News
In the heart of Africa, did a Canadian mining company cut a deal with an infamous and violent African militia that played a major role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994? According to one expert of the militia, known as the “FDLR,” or the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda, the mining company has no other choice if it wants to safely dig up billions-of-dollars worth of gold for themselves and their investors.
by mininginjustice | Nov 4, 2009 | News
THIS SENTENCE BEGINS THE FINAL LEGAL COLLAPSE OF NEW GOLD –MINERA SAN XAVIER. THE COMPANY HAS NO LATER THAN THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER TO CEASE ALL ITS OPERATIONS. THIS IS A HISTORIC TRIUMPH THAT WE WILL DEFEND WITH ALL OUR DETERMINATION.
by mininginjustice | Oct 1, 2009 | Case Studies, News
From the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism BY KAROL ANNE M. ILAGAN WHEN THE Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC) received notice in 2007 that the case filed by the province of Marinduque against Placer Dome Inc. and Barrick Gold in the...
by mininginjustice | Sep 27, 2009 | News
September 3, 2009, OTTAWA – The tar sands are creating severe environmental, economic and social problems in the Ontario – Michigan Great Lakes Region according to a new Polaris Institute report. The report, “Toxic Trail Exposure,” is the result of an Ontario...
by mininginjustice | Sep 26, 2009 | Case Studies, News
Assassination of anti-mining resistance leader, Marcelo Rivera, sparks campaign of terror against activists