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| Super Pit mine expansion approved
Perth Now AN expansion of the Super Pit gold mine in Kalgoorlie has won government approval but it must meet new and stringent environmental conditions. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Union, delegate fined for illegal strike at Lake Cowal The Age October 21st, 2008 A UNION has been fined $8000 and one of its delegates penalised $1100 over an illegal strike at the Lake Cowal gold mine nearly three years ago. |
 | Someone Else's Treasure: photo exhibit by Allan Cedillo Lissner October 15th, 2008 Please join Toronto based photographer Allan Cedillo Lissner to discuss Someone Else's Treasure, an ongoing documentary project shedding light on the experiences of people around the world � including the Philippines, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Chile, and Canada � whose lives have been impacted by the global mining industry. |
| US and Canada Found Guilty of Racism by Haider Rizvin, Inter Press Service August 8th, 2008 UNITED NATIONS - The international community now fully recognises the native peoples' right to protect their lands and live distinct lifestyles. Yet, most of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples continue to face abuse and injustices at the hands of state authorities and commercial concerns. |
| Kalgoorlie mine under review by Jamie Freed, Sydney Morning Herald August 5th, 2008 NEWMONT MINING and Barrick Gold will start a review of the future of the Kalgoorlie Super Pit, after rising costs forced Newmont to report an accounting loss from the operation in the June quarter. |
| Meeting Crashers: Anti-mining activists confront shareholders at AGM by Veronica Islas, http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1921 July 14th, 2008 It was the first time that Mexican Congressman Armando Barreiro, historian Juan Carlos Ruiz Guadalajara and hydraulic engineer Mario Martinez visited Toronto, but this trip was not a vacation. |
| Barrick fined $25,000 for 2006 tailings spill by ANDREW HOBBS, The West Australian July 7th, 2008 Canadian gold company Barrick will pay a $25,000 fine issued by the Department of Environment and Conservation for an environmental incident occurring at its Kanowna operations in November 2006. |
| Complaints unheard beneath Kalgoorlie mine din by Narelle Towie, Perth Now July 6th, 2008 SAFE noise limits have been discarded so Australia's largest gold mine can expand to within 200m of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. |
| Paul York with Students Against Climate Change defends his recent action against Barrick chairman, Peter Munk |
| BARRICK GOLD, CYANIDE AND THE UNITED NATIONS by Javier Rodriquez Pardo We have been saying over and over again that we are fighting against a mafia and that bribery and corruption is the normal habit among mining companies. We must ask ourselves from time to time, who are we confronting? Who are they really? How do they operate? |
| S�minaire
Droits autochtones et d�ploiement
des transnationales mini�res Invit�s Sergio Campusano, Chef de la communaut� autochtone Diaguita Huascoaltina, Chili Neville � Chappy � Williams, Chef de la communaut� autochtone Wiradjuri, Australia Jethro Tulin, Repr�sentant de la communaut� autochtone Ipili, Papouasie Nouvelle Guin�e Participation sp�ciale William Sacher Co-auteur du livre Noir Canada : corruption, pillage et criminalit� en Afrique |
| Barrick Gold censors Indigenous Leaders' opposition to gold mining on their lands May 7th, 2008 A delegation of Indigenous leaders travelled around the world to attend the Barrick Gold Annual General Meeting in Toronto today. They came to vent their opposition to Barrick Gold's mining practices on their lands. |
| ACTION ALERT: Protesters Demand Accountability Outside Barrick Gold's AGM May 6th, 2008 On 6 May protesters gathered outside Barrick Gold's Annual General Meeting to protest the companies destructive mining operations around the world. |
 | International Indigenous leaders attend Barrick Gold's Shareholder's meeting May 6th, 2008 Indigenous leaders from Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the United States traveled to Canada this week to attend the shareholders� meeting of Barrick Gold. Here, they will make statements about Barrick's operations on their lands. |
| International Indigenous leaders attend Barrick Gold's Shareholder's meeting May 6th, 2008 Indigenous leaders from Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the United States traveled to Canada this week to attend the shareholders� meeting of Barrick Gold. Here, they will make statements about Barrick's operations on their lands. |
 | 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Agenda Item 5 on human rights: dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and other special rapporteurs
I April 29th, 2008 ntervention of Friends of the Earth International by Mooka and Kalara United Families within the Wiradjuri Nation, Murray Darling Basin, Central New South Wales, Australia |
| 7th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations, New York
Agenda Item 4.2: Pacific/Sustainable Development
Joint submission by Friends of the Earth International on behalf of Mooka and Kalara United Families within the Wiradjuri Nation,Murray Darling Basin, Central New South Wales, Australia in a joint intervention with New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Akali Tange Association Inc. Pogera Enga Province, Papua New Guinea Agence Kanak de Developpement Western Shoshone Defence Project, Nevada, USA Laura Calm Wind, Kitchenuhmay Koosib Inninuwug, Canada Comision Juridica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ), Andes Indigenous Peoples Links Centre for Organization Research and Education (CORE) First Indigenous Nations Civic Association of South Africa (FINCASA) Indigenous Environment Network (IEN) |
 | Wiradjuri Elder exposes mine pit collapse at Lake Cowal Wiradjuri Traditional Owner, Neville 'Chappy' Williams, exposes a massive collapse at Barrick�s Cowal Gold Project in Lake Cowal, 45 km north-west of West Wyalong, central western NSW. |
