Canadian Government Agency Subsidizes Rio Tinto and Barrick

…described arrangements of shared responsibility…” The firms CIDA refers to are among the world’s largest and most profitable multinational mining companies such as Barrick Gold and Rio Tinto. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10744….

Greenpeace activists demonstrate to enact the Glaciers Law

…were blocking the entrance. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10739. Barrick Gold is a Canadian company that is the world’s largest gold producer and in which a number of UK-based funds invest (see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go)….

Peru: Wikileaks, Mining Companies and Embassies

…Canada, Britain, Switzerland and South Africa – countries that are the source of principle mining investments. According to the cable, the directors of Antamina, Yanacocha, Quellaveco, Barrick and BHP Billiton…

Barrick turns glaciers to dust in Chile

…amount for this pollution. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10694. Barrick Gold is a Canadian company that is the world’s largest gold producer and in which a number of UK-based funds invest (see http://moneytometal.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Barrick&go=Go)….

Serious abuses at Barrick’s Porgera mine

…of Canada’s failure to regulate the overseas activities of its companies and also calls on Barrick to address environmental and health concerns around the mine with greater transparency. See http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/serious-abuses-at-barricks-porgera-mine/….