Argentina: Lithium Mining Jujuy
On December 29, 2024, representatives from the communities of Cuenca de Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc in the Jujuy...
Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
Early February 2025, government leaders in Canada and Ecuador announced the finalization of a controversial trade deal that, if ratified,...
Argentina: Cyanide spill in San Juan
In September 2015, a significant environmental disaster occurred at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine in San Juan, Argentina, when over a...
Canada: Uranium mining impacts
While Canada may have positioned itself as an 'environmentally friendly' mining state, local Indigenous communities have raised their voices about violations...
Serbia : Dundee Precious Minerals in Homolje
In December 2021, the Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals announced plans to open a gold mine in Homolje, using surface...
Ecuador: 7 Mining cases
Palo Quemado is a small parish in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, where part of the population affected by the La Plata mining...
Chile: Aclara Resources heavy rare earths mining in Penco
Aclara specializes in developing Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREEs) from ionic clay deposits. Among its flagship initiatives is the "Penco...
Brazil: Amazon Belo Sun gold mine
The Belo Sun project, led by a Canadian mining company, aims to develop Brazil's largest open-pit gold mine. Local residents...