08.06.2026 Editor Message Webinar - Standing Up to the Escobal Mine: Celebrating Nine Years of the Xinka People’s Resistance Encampment Join us to celebrate and show solidarity with over fifteen years of the Xinka People’s peaceful resistance to Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine, which they halted in mid-operation in 2017 when they set up a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week resistance camp that is still ongoing today. Their valiant efforts and organization strategies have successfully kept the Escobal Mine closed in their territories...

06.06.2026 MiningWatch in the News Canada’s watchdog post vacant as overseas mining complaints mount By Annie Burns-Pieper, Mongabay Canada’s independent watchdog for overseas human rights complaints against Canadian companies has been leaderless since May 2025, leaving at least 24 active cases effectively stalled. Communities in the Dominican Republic, Namibia, Pakistan and elsewhere say delays have left them without a meaningful avenue to seek accountability for alleged environmental and human rights harms linked to Canadian...

05.06.2026 Blog Entry On World Environment Day, Communities in the Dominican Republic Call for Environmental Accountability The following was co-written by Diana Martin (MiningWatch Canada) and Jan Morrill (Earthworks). As the world observes World Environment Day 2026, global attention is increasingly focused on the urgent need for climate action and environmental protection. This year’s theme, “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future”, highlights that climate action is not only about reducing carbon emissions, but also...

04.06.2026 Friends of MiningWatch Penco Calls for Mobilization Against Rare Earth Project Ahead of Key Vote: “We Will Not Become a Sacrifice Zone” Originally posted by OLCA here . This Saturday, June 6, the streets of Penco and Lirquén will once again be filled with banners, signs, and slogans opposing the rare earth mining project being promoted by the Canadian company Aclara Resources. The march will take place just two days before a crucial vote on the project by the Biobío Environmental Assessment...

25.05.2026 MiningWatch in the News Ring of Fire Push Pits Critical Minerals Against Carbon Peatlands, Indigenous Rights Kylie Brezden, The Energy Mix In northern Ontario, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest highway, a vast stretch of peatlands and boreal forest is being positioned as central to Canada’s economic future. Beneath the dense peatlands of the James Bay Lowlands lies the Ring of Fire, a 5,000-square-kilometre section of mineral-rich geological formation in the McFaulds greenstone belt, mapped as...

21.05.2026 Friends of MiningWatch Canada's "critical minerals" strategy built on major data gaps, new report finds Report finds major gaps in data on domestic use, recycling, and supply chains beyond extraction SMITHERS, BC, May 21, 2026 - A new report warns that Canada's rapid push to expand "critical minerals" mining for clean energy, digital technologies, and defence is being driven by data gaps that limit transparency, accountability, and effective long-term planning. The Data Deficit: Canada's "Critical...

21.05.2026 Friends of MiningWatch Media reactive: Feds leave “important” Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise leaderless for a year, complainants remain in limbo May 21, 2026 – Today marks one year since the one-year mandate of the interim Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) ended. Since then, the ombudsperson position has remained vacant, leaving remaining staff unable to move complaints forward. Complainants, representing communities and workers who have suffered significant harm – and who were encouraged by Canadian officials to trust the CORE...

18.05.2026 MiningWatch in the News Southeastern Manitoba municipalities call for more involvement in mining, water protections By: Matthew Frank Southeastern Manitoba municipalities are calling for more municipal involvement and improved ground water and aquifer protections on mining projects, after the Rural Municipality of Ste Anne passed a resolution to lobby the province on the matters last month. Ste Anne’s Deputy Mayor Randy Eros moved the April 22 resolution that will go before the Association of Manitoba...

14.05.2026 MiningWatch in the News Canadian-owned Lithium Mines in Nevada Violate Indigenous Rights: Amnesty International by Tova Gaster, the Energy Mix Three lithium mines in Nevada, two of them Canadian-owned, violate Indigenous rights and international law, according to Amnesty International research published May 12. The report investigates three mines: Thacker Pass (being developed by a U.S. subsidiary of Canadian company Lithium Americas Corp. and General Motors), Nevada North (being developed by Canadian company Surge Battery...

13.05.2026 News Release Residents of Saint-Michel-des-Saints express their Support for the Atikamekw Family Territory Chief Émilien Dubé in his Opposition to Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie mine Saint-Michel-des-Saints/Montréal – May 13, 2026. On this day of the annual general meeting of shareholders of the mining company Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), a group of citizens from Saint-Michel-des-Saints wishes to express its support for Atikamekw family territory chief Émilien Dubé, who opposes the Matawinie mining project, which is located near his ancestral family territory on the territory of the...

13.05.2026 News Release Atikamekw Ancestral Family Territory Chief Strongly Opposes Nouveau Monde Graphite’s mining project in Manawan Manawan – May 13, 2026. As the Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) annual general meeting of shareholders opens today, Mr. Émilien Dubé, chief of an ancestral family territory and member of the Atikamekw Nation of Manawan, announces his firm opposition to the Matawinie mining project. Mr. Dubé’s ancestral family territory is located close to the Matawinie mine site of NMG. Concerned...

08.05.2026 Blog Entry Barrick's Virtual AGM Curtails Meaningful Engagement with Stakeholders Today MiningWatch Canada attended Barrick Mining’s virtual Annual General Meeting. MiningWatch’s Catherine Coumans attended as a proxy holder. She input the four questions below well before the request for questions was made by CEO Mark Hill. When it came time for someone appointed by Barrick to read out the questions that person only read out MiningWatch’s questions related to the...

08.05.2026 News Release Global communities alert Barrick shareholders to serious allegations of human rights and environmental impacts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto – ON) On the occasion of Barrick Mining Corporation’s (Barrick) 2026 Annual General Meeting, communities affected by the company’s operations across Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific are speaking out about their allegations of human rights violations and environmental harm linked to Barrick’s global mining projects. From repeated toxic spills at the Veladero mine in Argentina, to...

07.05.2026 News Release Prominent Canadians Urge Halt to Canada–Ecuador Free Trade Deal, Cite Dangerous Risks to Rights and the Environment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Ottawa, Ontario) Prominent voices from across Canada—including human rights, Indigenous, labour, and environment leaders—are calling on the federal government to halt a proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador that flies in the face of the Carney government’s stated commitment to international human rights and values-based foreign policy. “Canada needs to listen. Indigenous people in Ecuador said...

07.05.2026 Brief Canada's Free Trade Agreement with Ecuador: Why We Say No Canada and Ecuador have negotiated a free trade agreement that is fiercely opposed by Indigenous Peoples, trade justice advocates, water defenders and human rights and environmental justice organizations in Ecuador. We join them in opposing the deal for the following reasons. There is a dire human rights crisis in Ecuador Civil society organizations and Indigenous organizations in Ecuador were never... Read more

07.05.2026 Editor Message Canadian Civil Society Leaders Say NO to the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement Prominent Indigenous, human rights, labour, environmental and other civil society leaders from across Canada are raising their voices to say ‘NO’ to the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement.

05.05.2026 Letter to Development Banks: Civil Society Organizations Express Concern over Human Rights Risks at Reko Diq mine Last April 2, 2026, Barrick Mining Corporation disclosed that they are slowing down activity and reviewing security risks around the Reko Diq project in Balochistan, Pakistan until mid-2027. While this development is crucial given the ongoing war in West Asia, the Reko Diq project has been exacerbating risks for human rights defenders, fueling conflict and insecurity, and leading to environmental...

04.05.2026 MiningWatch in the News Inside the Fiery End of Vancouver Island’s Last Coal Mine How a US owner’s dream of ‘clean’ coal left behind acid, arsenic and a warning for today. A Tyee investigation. Zoë Yunker When left unattended, large piles of coal can spontaneously combust, which is what happened on Campbell River’s oceanside loading dock on Sept. 24, 2019. The coal pile and the mine from which it came had just been abandoned...

02.05.2026 MiningWatch in the News Canada’s diamond industry begins a long goodbye By Zoë Yunker, the Financial Times The closure of Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine is the beginning of the end for a lifeline of the remote Northwest Territories. ... Read the full article.

28.04.2026 Letter to Prime Minister Carney: Several Canadian organizations urge decisive action on unilateral deep-sea mining The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joanne Thompson, Minister of Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity Marc Miller, and Secretary of State (Nature) Natalie Provost by a group of concerned environmental organizations including MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North and Greenpeace Canada.