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 | Meeting with Partners at Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea by Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada January 2nd, 2009 In November 2008 MiningWatch Canada�s Catherine Coumans had the opportunity to meet with partners at Barrick Gold�s Porgera Mine in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (Enga Province). Our partners are the grassroots human rights group called Akali Tange Association (ATA) and the Porgera Landowners Association (PLOA). These two organizations created a joint organization called Porgera Alliance this year. |
| All that glitters by Alex Felipe (photos by Alex Felipe as well), This Magazine Admitting that I was a Canadian has never been as difficult as when I traveled to the Philippines to photograph two Canadian-owned open-pit mining sites last winter. The fact that I am also Filipino by blood didn't help. |
| Worst Companies in the World: US, Monsanto, Peabody and Barrick by Brenda Norrell, The Narcosphere The United States was voted the Worst Company in the World, followed by Monsanto, Peabody Energy Corp. and Barrick Gold |
| New Barrick CEO looking at all M&A options by Cameron French, Reuters December 24th, 2008 Aaron Regent, named as the next chief executive of top gold producer Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) on Tuesday, plans to maintain the company's focus on growth through corporate takeovers, and says he would be open to looking at all opportunities that present themselves. |
| Mining giants unfazed by `voluntary corporate tax theory` by Angel Navuri, Guardian Prospects that some major gold mining companies in Tanzania would follow Barrick Gold Tanzania exemplary of ``goodwill gesture`` of paying advance corporate tax look imminently hard to pin down. |
| Accord reached over Nev. mine until court hearing Associated Press December 15th, 2008 Lawyers for Barrick Gold Corp., environmentalists and a group of Western Shoshone have agreed what work can proceed at a new Nevada mine until a hearing is held next month on efforts to restrict the project. |
| Tanzanian journalist uncovers truth about mining industry by Cailey McDermott, The Echo December 15th, 2008 ProtestBarrick.net supporter and investigative journalist, Evans Rubara speaks about the exploitation of Tanzanian land and people by multinational mining industries in a speaking tour in the US. |
| Intruders attempt to seize North Mara mine The Guardian December 13th, 2008 A person was shot dead when thousands of gold seekers invaded Barrick`s North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime District and destroyed equipment worth 15 million US dollars.
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| Barrick considering pulling out by Correspondent Njonanje Samwel, Guardian December 5th, 2008 The giant mining firm Barrick Gold Tanzania has said it is considering halting its operations in the country. Barrick Vice President, Africa Region, Gareth Taylor told this paper in an interview yesterday, shortly after he attended a workshop to launch the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) held in Dar es Salaam, a global mining `watchdog`. |
| Barrick Holds Media-only Holiday Party by Chris Daniels, PR Week December 1st, 2008 While many companies have canned their Christmas parties, Barrick Gold invited journalists to its media-only Christmas party via online video. |
| ARGENTINA: Frustration Over Veto of Glacier Protection Law by Marcela Valente, http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44898 November 29th, 2008 The decision by the administration of Cristina Fern�ndez to veto a law to protect Argentina's glaciers -- important reserves of freshwater -- has caused deep concern among scientists and environmentalists who participated in writing the legislation. |
| Mining policy overhaul urgently needed in Tanzania This Day November 25th, 2008 LAST week an international human rights and business conduct watch dog, Business and Human Rights Centre, published on its website two statements from the country�s two leading mining sector multinational corporations. |
| Opponents file suit to stop Barrick's Cortez Hills gold project by Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb November 25th, 2008 A Western Shoshone group, environmentalists and other activists seek to halt one of Nevada�s last major gold projects, Barrick�s million-ounce per year Cortez Hills Gold Project. |
| Shoshone Indians Sue to Stop Barrick's Nevada Gold Mine by By Lisa J. Wolf , Environment News Service November 25th, 2008 Five tribal and public interest parties filed a lawsuit in Nevada Federal Court on Thursday, seeking an immediate injunction to stop one of the largest open pit cyanide heap leach gold mines in the United States - the Cortez Hills Expansion Project on Mt. Tenabo. |
| Africa Files November 24th, 2008 Special issue on Canadian role in mining in Canada -- Resource Extraction |
| Dangerous Duty in Papua New Guinea by Sakura Saunders, The Dominion November 22nd, 2008 Community members get "the opposite of what was promised" from Barrick Gold |
| Barrick Gold ready to carve up Western Shoshone sacred mountain by Brenda Norrell, The Narcosphere November 21st, 2008 Barrick Gold, coring out mountains around the world for small amounts of gold, is ready to carve the sacred mountain of the Western Shoshone into a crater, with cyanide leaching. |
| Mining and colonial practices in Tanzania - The return of Victorian era exploitation? by Evans Rubara, Africa Files November 20th, 2008 Multinational mining activities are introducing another era of colonialism in Tanzania as they hold major decisive positions on the use of prime land areas, and profit greatly from the mining of valuable mineral resources. In the recent past, Tanzanians have raised concerns on how the multinational mining companies plunder the natural resources at the expense of the local people. Because of the prevalent high rates of this pillaging of the national stock of natural resources, the citizenry have woken with an uproar to question the government�s stance on ensuring land security for its people, and benefits from their resources. |
| Don't cry for me Argentina's glaciers The Great Beyond November 17th, 2008 Argentina�s president, Cristina Fernandez, has just vetoed a bill to protect the country�s glaciers, reports Reuters. The bill was passed only a month ago by Argentina�s congress. |
| December Court Challenge to more Mining at Lake Cowal ABC Online November 17th, 2008 The case against the State Government and the mine's operator, Barrick Australia Limited, made by Neville Williams, has been listed for hearing on Monday, December 17. |
