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| PNG: Deadly clashes between locals & the world's biggest gold mining company by Peter Boyle, Green Left Weekly December 6th, 2013 Violent clashes have once again erupted between local people, police and company security guards at the giant Porgera gold and silver mine in Papua New Guinea's highlands, operated and largely owned by the Canadian corporation Barrick Gold � the world's biggest gold mining company. |
| High Court orders African Barrick Gold to stop suing Tanzanian villagers by Leigh Day, http://www.leighday.co.uk/News/2013/December-2013/High-Court-orders-African-Barrick-Gold-to-stop-sui London-based African Barrick Gold (ABG) failed yesterday to overturn a High Court injunction that prevents them from using what the judge described as a �Tanzanian Torpedo� against victims of violence. Law firm, Leigh Day, represents Tanzanian villagers who claim that ABG and its 100% subsidiary, North Mara Gold Mine Limited (NMGML) are liable for the deaths and injuries allegedly caused by the use of excessive force by mine security and police at the companies� mine in Tanzania. Both companies deny the allegations. |
 | BREAKING: Riots in Porgera
Barrick Security kill local miners, spark deadly confrontation by compiled reports from Jethro Tulin Barrick security violence triggers thousands to riot. |
| Barrick offering lands with a thud, shares slide by Allison Martell and Euan Rocha, Reuters November 3rd, 2013 A massive public share offering from Barrick Gold Corp proved a tough sell, market sources said on Friday, as the price of gold dropped and investors digested news that the miner had shelved a key growth project. |
| Barrick Chile mine workers set to strike Reuters October 30th, 2013 * Workers poised to strike after rejecting contract proposal * News of likely stoppage comes day before Barrick results due |
| Philippines: Marinduque 'pushed to the wall' by Barrick Gold by Catherine Coumans, Mining Watch Canada via Rabble.ca October 22nd, 2013 Canada�s Barrick Gold, the world�s largest gold mining company that bought out Placer Dome, has spent the better half of a decade fighting the province in court rather than owning up to the company�s responsibility to put things right in Marinduque. Once again, Marinduque is the bellwether, evidence that for all its rhetoric about �responsible mining,� the mining industry is still more concerned with its bottom line than in doing what�s right. In spite of a long legal struggle with competent American lawyers, on September 17, Marinduque provincial administrator Eleuterio Raza told the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Inquirer) that Barrick was offering the province around 20 million dollars, take it or leave it. According to the Inquirer �[t]he amount, however, would further be reduced to $13.5 million after litigation expenses had been paid. �These are crumbs,� said Raza, �but we are being pushed to the wall.�� It is perfectly clear that this extremely low level of recovery from Barrick is woefully inadequate to protect the health and safety of Marinduquenos, which can only be secured through the comprehensive rehabilitation of all contaminated ecosystems and the stabilization or removal of shoddy dams and structures in the mountains of the island, as well as the tons of toxic waste that these dams are barely containing. |
| Sickness and wealth: Shiny new mine, rusty pollution problems
The Economist September 21st, 2013 Residents are suing PVDC, claiming that the new mine is poisoning rivers, causing illnesses and the death of farm animals. They want the government to release the environmental-impact assessment for Pueblo Viejo, which it has so far refused to do. |
| Zone surrounding Barrick's operation should be declared a "State of Emergency" in Dominican Republic translated from article in 7 Dias September 19th, 2013 The National Committee Against Megaminer�a demanded the area surrounding the operating Barrick Gold's operation in Domincan Republic to be declared a "state of emergency" due to the "serious damage" to the health to the inhabitants of the neighboring communities, particularly the Lower Yuna. |
| Five whistleblowers speak out against Barrick, court documents reveal Court documents filed by Labaton Sucharow LLP on August 2, 2013 related to a class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders of Barrick Gold reveal the testimonies of five former Barrick employees. These confidential witnesses confirm that Barrick top management knew that construction at the Pascua Lama Project was contaminating nearby water sources and breaching environmental conditions that led to the suspension of the project. These witnesses also testify that at a time when the company was estimating that the Project's cost would be between $2.8 and $3 billion, Barrick already had in its possession an engineering report estimating costs for the Project at nearly twice that figure. |
| Tanzanian villagers sue London-based African Barrick Gold for deaths and injuries Leigh Day Law Firm July 30th, 2013 London law firm, Leigh Day, today (Tuesday 30 July) served African Barrick Gold (ABG) and North Mara Gold Mine Limited (NMGML) with legal proceedings filed in the UK High Court. The claim alleges that the companies are liable for the deaths and injuries of local villagers, including through complicity in the killing of at least 6 local villagers by police at the North Mara mine in Tanzania. The companies deny the allegations. |
| Tanzanian villagers sue African Barrick Gold over 2011 violence Reuters July 29th, 2013 African Barrick Gold is being sued in Britain's High Court by a group of Tanzanians who say the company was complicit in the killing by police of at least six villagers at one of its mines in incidents dating back two years. |
 | The Case Against Barrick Gold: Why Shareholders are turning on this mining giant by Sakura Saunders, Special to ProtestBarrick July 26th, 2013 On June 5, 2013, Lewis and Patricia Clark filed a class action lawsuit for themselves and other shareholders against the world's largest gold miner for �making false and misleading statements and concealed material information� relating to Pascua-Lama�s delays and costs. The class covers everyone who bought Barrick common stock between May 7, 2009, and May 23, 2013. Since this date, at least 9 law-firms have taken on the case against Barrick. |
| Gold mines collapse the Guardian (Tanzania) July 21st, 2013 After years of super profits, Tanzania�s gold mining sector is facing a serious crisis as gold prices tumble down this week from a record $1900 to $1,277 per ounce at the beginning of this year. As production costs at the African Barrick Gold (ABG) and Geita Gold Mine (GGM) remain high, the gold mining industry which enjoyed a boom from 2006 is now at the crossroads. Already, potential investors have shelved any plans of developing new mines following price falls at the global market. |
| Exclusive: Chile indigenous group likely to appeal Barrick ruling: lawyer by Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters July 18th, 2013 A Chilean indigenous group will likely ask the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision on Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama gold mine, because the ruling does not go far enough to protect the environment, a lawyer representing the group told Reuters on Thursday. |
| Chile court rules for Indians against Barrick Gold by EVA VERGARA, Associated Press July 14th, 2013 A Chilean appeals court ruled against the world's largest gold mining company on Monday, favoring Chilean Indians who accuse Barrick Gold Corp. of contaminating their water downstream and creating more doubts about the future of the world's highest gold mine. The judges in the northern city of Copiapo unanimously ruled that Barrick must keep all its environmental promises before moving forward with construction of the Pascua-Lama mine at the very top of Chile's mountainous border with Argentina. They also said Barrick must monitor the condition of three glaciers next to the mine project. |
| Mine workers taken to hospital after exposure to unknown fumes News 4 (Reno) July 14th, 2013 More than a dozen workers installing large, steel tanks at a mine site northwest of Elko were taken to the hospital this morning, apparently suffering exposure to unknown fumes. |
| Tanzania: Tarime Boy Drowns in Gold Mine Sand Pit by AMBROSE WANTAIGWA, Tanzania Daily News July 11th, 2013 THREE people died in separate incidents in Mara Region including a fifteen-year-old boy identified as Matiko Chacha who drowned in North Mara Mine's Gokona pit, police have said. |
| Third extractive industry report points finger at gold mining companies: Barrick doesn't "Pay a dime" in corporate tax by FINNIGAN WA SIMBEYE, Tanzania Daily News July 9th, 2013 In fact, Barrick which is the world's largest gold miner and the largest gold miner in the country with four mines, including Buzwagi whose controversial signing in 2007, may close down three of its mines without paying a dime in corporate tax. |
 | Want to sue Barrick? You have over 8 law firms to chose from! Just a helpful note from ProtestBarrick that if you would like to sue Barrick Gold, you have many choices for legal representation. |
| Blows to Barrick: Barrick's stocks tumble as costs rise July 5th, 2013 In recent months, Barrick's share price have continuously tumbled to its current price of under $15/share, down from over $40/share last October. While there are many factors that have contributed to this sudden fall, much of it can be attributed to bad management, high debt, and fraudulent activity on the part of Barrick Gold. |
