Launched Today: Safety First, 2nd Edition
Today 157 scientists, community groups, Indigenous peoples and civil society groups endorsed an updated set of guidelines for improving the management of mine waste disposal facilities, also known as tailings dams. Based on consultation with over 200 stakeholders and...
Concerns regarding Project Level Grievance Mechanisms
Presentation for Grief and Grievance: The Misery of Life with Rio Tinto as a Neighbour London Mining Network – April 6 2022 Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada All major efforts to create or update standards for the extractive sector – post 2011 – include a...
Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management
In June 2020, we collaborated with Earthworks, Malach Consulting, MiningWatch Canada, and CSP2 to publish a set of recommendations on responsible mine tailings management. The result, which we named ‘Safety First’, was a response to the Global Industry...