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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Barrick turns glaciers to dust in Chile
Last updated: Feb 9, 2011
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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Papua New Guinea: A killing at the Porgera mine
Last updated: Sep 22, 2010
In recent years there have been several accusations of severe human rights abuses being committed by “security” forces employed by one of the world’s largest gold miners, Barrick of Canada, at its Porgera mine in …
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Argentina’s Glacier Protection Bill could shut mines
Last updated: Aug 27, 2010
A draft bill to protect Argentina’s glaciers edges closer to being passed, thus jeopardising Barrick’s proposed Pascua Lama gold mine and other projects.
However, one of the country’s constitutional experts points out that Barrick “could …
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Documentation on Barrick Gold in PNG
Last updated: Aug 4, 2010
In October & November 2009, the Canadian House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Intl. Development held hearings on “Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability”. Statements were made regarding issues including allegations …
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Shoshone Battle to Stop Gold Mine on Mount Tenabo Continues
Last updated: Jul 21, 2010
Although to some extent the recent Court of Appeals decision is a defeat for the Western Shoshone (as it reversed an earlier stay on expansion by Barrick Gold of its major Cortez gold mine in …
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Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses
Last updated: Jun 1, 2010
Four members of the Ipili tribe of Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) travelled to Canada to demand that Barrick Gold address serious human rights abuses and environmental destruction related to Barrick’s Porgera Joint Venture …
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Groups urge US Ex-Im Bank not to fund Pascua Lama
Last updated: May 26, 2010
Barrick is a Canadian company but London-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd had over $10 million invested in the company in 2007, BlackRock Commodities Income Trust plc has invested in the company, and the company …
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Barrick’s chairman unapologetic in face of protest
Last updated: May 18, 2010
As if he doesn’t have enough to do, it seems that Barrick chairman Peter Munk is now defending capitalism as a whole, as well as his company’s shocking record, at the company’s AGM. He appears …
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Barrick gets court go-ahead on Cortez Hills
Last updated: May 5, 2010
In December 2009, the Western Shoshone won a legal victory on the expansion of Barrick Gold’s key Cortez gold mine in Nevada. Yet despite this the company proceeded with the project. It now appears that …
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