Some NGOs receive funds from Canadian government and mining companies to legitimize and promote mining as a good form of “development”.
•World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is partnered with Rio Tinto Alcan, owned by …
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NGOs Receive Funds from Canadian Government & Mining Companies
Last updated: Jan 13, 2012
Baluchistan says “No” to Antofagasta/Barrick
Last updated: Nov 26, 2011
Resistance by Pakistan’s Baluchistan provincial government to a mine proposal, submitted by UK-listed Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick, seems to have succeeded. But this decision may open the way for Chinese companies to successfuly bid …
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Baluchistan objects to Antofagasta/Barrick venture
Last updated: Oct 26, 2011
Pakistan’s Baluchistan provincial government has re-iterated its opposition to a major copper-gold project, being touted by UK-listed Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold. Among its objections are a claim that the two companies have failed to …
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Barrick’s Tanzanian project tests ethical mining policies
Last updated: Oct 8, 2011
Toronto’s leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail, has published a lengthy examination of the activities of the world’s second biggest gold miner in the east African state of Tanzania.
Its report – while giving …
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Copper miners in Zambia fearful of ‘King Cobra’
Last updated: Oct 8, 2011
The election of Michael Sata to president of Zambia is not sitting well with copper miners who fear the 73-year-old, known as “King Cobra” for his aggressive style, will pick the pockets of mining companies, …
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Papua New Guinea earmarks mineral rights for its indigenous peoples
Last updated: Sep 13, 2011
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a fresh government. And it’s brought with it a “baptism of fire” in the shape of radical proposals to change the country’s existing minerals legislation. A new law would grant …
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Another report says Barrick Gold damaged glaciers in Pascua Lama-Veladero
Last updated: Aug 3, 2011
In a report published on July 19, the Argentine branch of the environmental group Greenpeace charged that operations by the Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation in the Andes at the border with Chile had already significantly …
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Barrick, Antofagasta likely to win mining rights in Pakistan
Last updated: Jul 14, 2011
London-listed Chilean company Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold are likely to win mining rights for a $3.3 billion copper and gold project in Pakistan, a senior provincial government official said. The companies are partners in …
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London Calling asks Sweden: Why stop hounding Vedanta now?
Last updated: May 12, 2011
The Swedish government’s Ethical Council monitors company investments by the country’s four state pension funds. Among its prime targets are several resource extraction companies, including Rio Tinto and Freeport (because of their waste disposal practices …
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Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine
Last updated: May 12, 2011
For the fourth year in a row, Indigenous Ipili leaders from Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been in Canada to protest ongoing severe environmental impacts and human rights abuses associated with Barrick’s Porgera …
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Why did Barrick jump in, and Minmetals jump out?
Last updated: May 12, 2011
London Calling ponders recent Western moves on Africa
A while ago, the world’s biggest gold producer bid more than C$7 billion for Zambian copper miner, Equinox. The takeover is likely to proceed without hitch now …
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Friends of the Earth International joins protests against Barrick Gold
Last updated: Apr 28, 2011
During the annual general meeting (AGM) of mining company Barrick Gold in Toronto (Canada), on 27 April, Friends of the Earth International supported a loud call from communities around the world for a halt to …
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