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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Indigenous Papua New Guinea Leaders Protest Ongoing Abuses at Barrick’s Porgera Mine
Last updated: May 12, 2011
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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Canadian Government Agency Subsidizes Rio Tinto and Barrick
Last updated: Mar 6, 2011
In defence of beleaguered Minister of International Cooperation, Bev Oda, Prime Minster Stephen Harper told the Canadian Parliament that the Canadian International Development Agency should give money only to “the poorest and the most vulnerable.”…
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Greenpeace activists demonstrate to enact the Glaciers Law
Last updated: Mar 6, 2011
About fifty protesters, including members of Greenpeace, set up a camp on the access road to Barrick Gold’s Veladero and Pascua Lama mines in Argentina.
The protest was done to promote the Glacier Law enacted …
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Peru: Wikileaks, Mining Companies and Embassies
Last updated: Feb 9, 2011
The news has gone around the world. Wikileaks has revealed new diplomatic cables regarding meetings between representatives of key mining companies operating in Peru and the ambassadors of the US, Canada, Britain, Switzerland and South …
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Barrick turns glaciers to dust in Chile
Last updated: Feb 9, 2011
According to residents in the Valley of Huasco in Chile there is an alarming lack of water in the area, despite the rains in 2010. Barrick Gold has finally been fined for damaging the glaciers …
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Serious abuses at Barrick’s Porgera mine
Last updated: Feb 3, 2011
Private security personnel employed at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report.
The Porgera mine has …
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Argentinian judge grants glacier law exemptions for Pascua Lama
Last updated: Nov 11, 2010
Less than twenty four hours after a legal presentation by the mining industry, an Argentinian judge has suspended a number of clauses in the recently-passed national glaciers’ protection Act. The judge’s action is clearly aimed …
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Barrick Gold encounters problems in Dominican Republic
Last updated: Oct 29, 2010
Opponents of a big mining project in the Dominican Republic asked a judge to halt the Canadian company’s operation until it addresses their concerns over the environmental impact. A consortium involving Barrick Gold and Goldcorp …
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Argentinian lawmakers pass glacier protection law
Last updated: Oct 7, 2010
In a widely-applauded move, Argentina’s senate has passed an Act to protect the country’s glaciers, which should curb Barrick’s plan to mine the massive Pascua Lama gold deposit.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10413.
Barrick is a Canadian …
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Ethical Tribunal on Transborder Mining in Latin America
Last updated: Sep 22, 2010
Latin American activists who want to call attention to mining developments located in border areas will gather in Chile to “pass judgement” on projects they regard as detrimental to local communities, the environment and national …
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