Resources on Mining Issues
Key Resources: websites that contain information on several different countries and companies, as well as general information of mining issues.
Information by Country: mining issues organized by country.
Newsletters: sign up for newsletters from different organizations.
Mining Companies: information about Canadian and international mining companies.
NGOs
- Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales
http://www.olca.cl/oca/mineras.htm
- Ecoportal
- Mining Watch. Changing public policy and mining practices to ensure the health of individuals, communities and ecosystems in Canada and around the world
- Halifax Initiative. The Halifax Initiative is a Canadian coalition of development, environment, faith-based, human rights and labour groups. Their goal is to fundamentally transform the international financial system and its institutions, namely the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and export credit agencies.
http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/index.php/Issues_CNCA
- CorpWatch. CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. They work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations.
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=190
Industrial organizations
- Natural Resource Canada. Information on mining taxation, environmental and mining regulations.
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/miningtax/inv_1.htm
- Export Development Canada
http://www.edc.ca/english/index.htm
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The Caribbean
Central America & Mexico
South America
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Cuba
Environmental/NGO publications
Trade and Environment Database Case Studies, Cubamine 501
www.american.edu/TED/cubamine.htm
Government
Ministerio de la Industria Sideromecanica
Corporations
Sherritt International Corporation
http://www.sherritt.com/doc08/subsection.php?submenuid=operations&category=operations/metals
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Dominican%20Republic
Government
Dirección General de Minería
Professional Organizations
Sociedad Dominicana de Geología
http://www.sodogeo.org/noticias.asp
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Guyana
Government
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
NGOs
Jamaica Bauxite Environmental Organization
Government
Mines and Geology Division
http://www.mgd.gov.jm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=36
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Jamaica
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Jamaica
Jampro, Invest Jamaica
www.investjamaica.com/sectors/chemicals/laws.php
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Haiti
NGOs
Casa Pueblo
http://www.casapueblo.org/proyectos/lucha_antiminera.html
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Suriname
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Suriname
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Environmental/NGO publications
Mines & Communities (bilingual)
http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press532.htm
Oro Sucio
http://orosucio.madryn.com/articulos/04_07_24.html
Government
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Costa%20Rica
Corporations
Vanessa Ventures Ltd.
http://www.vannessaventures.com/s/Crucitas.asp
Canarc Resource Corp.
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Pacific_Rim
Government
Ministerio de Economia, Area de Gestion de Minas
http://www.minec.gob.sv/default.asp?id=50&mnu=50
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=El%20Salvador
Government
Ministerio de Energía y Minas
http://www.mem.gob.gt/Portal/home.aspx
Environmental/NGO publications
Communities, Ecology and Mining in Guatemala
Social Justice Committee
http://www.s-j-c.net/English/campaigns/current/sanmarcos/index.html
Rights Action
http://www.rightsaction.org/urgent_com/Glamis_close.html
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Guatemala
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Guatemala
Environmental/NGO publications
Nadir.org
www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/imf/america/honduras.htm
International NGOs
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/honduras/Mining.html
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Honduras_en
Government
Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
http://www.gob.hn/portal/poder_ejecutivo/secretarias/recursos_naturales_y_ambiente/
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Honduras
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Mexico
Government
Secretaria de Economia, Mineria
http://www.economia.gob.mx/?P=867
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Mexico
Corporations
Grupo Mexico (bilingual)
Industrias Peñoles
http://www.penoles.com.mx/penoles/ingles/index.php
NGOs
Centro Humboldt para la Promoción del Desarrollo Territorial y la Gestion Ambiental
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Nicaragua_en
Oro Sucio
http://orosucio.madryn.com/articulos/04_07_24.html
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Nicaragua
Environmental/NGO publications
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Panama
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Panama
Corporations
Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.
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NGOs
No a la Mina (NGO)
Oro Sucio (NGO)
Proyecto Veladero (NGO)
http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/dependencias/cmineria/veladero.htm
Frente Diamante (NGO)
http://www.frentediamante.org.ar/
Government Websites
Secretaría de Minería de la Nación
Environmentalist publications
Oikos Red Ambiental
Mining Watch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Argentina
patagoniabolivia.net (English and French)
http://www.patagoniabolivia.net/
Earthworks--Esquel
http://www.earthworksaction.org/Esquel.cfm
Greenpeace--Esquel
http://www.greenpeace.org/argentina/contaminaci-n/miner-a-de-oro
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Argentina
Panorama Minero (bilingual)
http://www.panoramaminero.com.ar/
Industrial organizations
Cámara Argentina de Empresarios Mineros
Government
Ministerio de Mineria y Metalurgia (bilingual)
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Tecnico de Minas
Environmental publications
patagoniabolivia.net (English and French)
http://www.patagoniabolivia.net/
Econoticias Bolivia
http://www.econoticiasbolivia.com/
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Bolivia
Environmental publications
MiningWatch,
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/brazil
Government
Centro de Tecnologia Mineral
Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral
Ministério de Minas e Energia
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Brazil
Revista Minéiros (Portuguese)
Industrial organizations
Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração (Portuguese, English, Spanish)
Associação Brasileira do Alumínio (Portuguese, English, Spanish) http://www.abal.org.br/index.asp
NGOs
Agua Vale Mas Que Oro (bilingual)
http://www.aguavalemasqueoro.org/index_en.htm
Friends of the Earth International - Chile
Friends of the Earth International--Alumysa Campaign
Government
Ministerio de Minería
Comisión Chilena del Cobre
Environmental publications
Pascua Lama Blog
http://pascualama.blogspot.com/
MiningWatch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/chile_en
Greenpeace--Pascua Lama
http://www.greenpeace.org/chile/campaigns/t-xicos/pascua-lama
Professional organizations
Federación de Trabajadores del Cobre
Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, http://www.iimch.cl/
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Chile
Global Info Mine
www.infomine.com/countries/chile.asp
Área Minera
Industrial organizations
Consejo Minero
Sociedad Nacional de Minería
Centro de Investigación Minera y Metalúrgica
Instituto de Innovación en Minería y Metalurgia
Government
Ministerio de Minas y Energía
Environmental publications
CENSAT Agua viva (bilingual)
MiningWatch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/colombia
Friends of the Earth International - Colombia
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Colombia
Industrial organizations
COLSA/MINICO (bilingual)
NGOs
Accion Ecologica
http://www.accionecologica.org/
Defensa y Conservacion Ecologica de Intag (bilingual)
The Sloth Club (bilingual)
http://www.sloth.gr.jp/E-index.htm
Government
Ministerio de Energía y Minas
http://www.mineriaecuador.com/
Environmental publications
MiningWatch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/ecuador_en
EcuadorExplorer.com
www.ecuadorexplorer.com/html/feature.html
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Ecuador
Professional Organizations
Asociación de Ingenieros de Minas del Ecuador
Colegio Regional de Ingenieros Geólogos, de Minas, Petróleos y Ambiental, http://www.cigmyp.org/
Industrial organizations
Cámara de Minería del Ecuador
NGOs
CooperAccion
http://www.cooperaccion.org.pe/mineria.php
Red Muqui
Coordinadora Nacional de Comunidades Afectadas por la Minería
Frente de Defensa del Valle de San Lorenzo y Tambogrande
http://www.geocities.com/frentetambogrande/
Asociacion Civil Labor
Comision Episcopal de Accion Social
http://www.ceas.org.pe/PROGRAMAS.htm
Guarango Cine y Videos (bilingual)
Grupo de Trabajo Piura Vida y Agro
http://geocities.com/vidayagro/
Government Websites
Ministerio de Energia y Minas
Consejo Nacional del Ambiente
http://www.conam.gob.pe/Modulos/Home/index.asp
Environmental publications
MiningWatch
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/peru
Factor Tierra
http://www.geocities.com/factortierra/
Ecología al Día
http://www.ecologiaaldia.com/articulo-manhattan.htm
Friends of the Earth International - Peru
Friends of the Earth International--Yanacocha Campaigns
Friends of the Earth International--Camisea Project
Earthworks--Cajamarca
http://www.earthworksaction.org/cajamarca.cfm
Earthworks--Tambogrande
http://www.earthworksaction.org/tambogrande.cfm
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Peru
Instituto Geologico, Minero y Metalurgico
Mining Peru
Desde Adentro
http://www.snmpe.org.pe/revistas.htm
Professional organizations
Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru
Industrial organizations
Sociedad Nacional de Mineria, Petroleo y Energia
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Uruguay
Industry profiles and industrial publications
Mining Life
http://www.mininglife.com/countries/countryprofile.asp?Country=Venezuela
Industry organizations
Cámara Minera de Venezuela
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Many of the above organizations also have newsletter or email lists. Here are a few key links.
CERLAC – Mining-America Bilingual open discussion list.
Email cerlac2@yorku.ca to subscribe. Indicate that you want to subscribe to the Mining-Americas list.
Mining Watch Canada
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/newsletters
NO a La Mina (mostly in Spanish)
RightsAction
http://www.rightsaction.org/Templates/newsletters.index.htm
CorpWatch
Not all material will be directly related to mining.
http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php
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Mining Companies
Read up on a particular mining company.
Mining Watch List
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/company
Global Mine Info
http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/
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