Dominican Republic: Dozens injured at Barrick Gold Corp's Pueblo Viejo mine

Residents demand jobs and profits share. Police block Barrick mine entrance as protests continue. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11952. Barrick is a Canadian company in which there is major British investment (see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go)….

Report calls for stricter regulation of UK mining companies

…the existing regulatory framework”. The report can be downloaded from https://londonminingnetwork.org/docs/lmn-the-case-for-stricter-oversight.pdf. The eight London-listed mining companies looked at tin the report are African Barrick, Brinkley Mining, African Minerals, London Mining,…

Deadly clash at Peru protest over Barrick gold mine

…run by Canadian company Barrick Gold, in which there is major British investment (see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go). See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19669760 See also: Stop killing of protesters, rights group tells Peru’s Humala http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/20/uk-peru-politics-rights-idUKBRE88J1BC20120920  …

A call to suspend mining in Papua New Guinea

…run by Canadian company Barrick Gold (in which there is major British investment – see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go). Equally, if not more important, for the country’s communities is the reality that habitat…