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Targeted by the right-wing government, the “Santa Marta 5” helped win a 2017 ban on metals mining in El Salvador.

A study by London-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre identified 437 lawsuits between 2015 and last year that have the characteristics of ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation’

While the administration of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte prioritizes the growth of the mining sector, with the full-throated support of the Canadian embassy, organizations like Red Muqui are clear: in a time of increasing environmental pressure, those who stand to gain the most from mining are not those who will pay the biggest price.

In today’s letters to the editor: the ArriveCan app; CEBA loans; carbon rebates; Ontario’s Ring of Fire; the health care crisis; playing by ear

Member Brazil’s Iawá community says Ottawa has not fulfilled its obligations to ensure Indigenous rights are respected and the environment protected with oversight of Canadian mining and extraction companies abroad

Barrick Gold Corporation announced the restart of its operations at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea and will share 49% of the new project with its Chinese partner, Zijin Mining Group.

A report by MiningWatch Canada accused the miner of human rights violations

The head of a Montreal-based mineral exploration company is reassuring hundreds of residents of Gatineau, Que., that it has no immediate plans to mine for phosphate in the ground beneath their homes.

In today’s letters to the editor: China, Russia, Iran and North Korea; U.S. Republicans; Pierre Poilievre; government spending; Teck and Glencore; provincial jurisdiction

The company’s mine has a moral for the global industry