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Countering the Corporate Spin: Activists crash Barrick Gold's forum on "Canada's Reputation Abroad" by Sakura Saunders, Special to ProtestBarrick.net September 7th, 2007 Thursday, September 6, kicked off Merrill Lynch Canada's 13th Annual Mining Conference, an invitation-only conference for institutional investors, mining analysts and the executive management of North American mining companies. During this conference, the Canadian Institute for International Affairs hosted a forum on "Canada's Responsibility Abroad," a meeting stacked with industry representatives, attended by a government agency, and organized to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the mining industry. The meeting was countered by a group of protesters outside and inside the forum; the protesters demanded mandatory regulation of the mining industry and handed out information illustrating the abuses of this industry abroad, including specific critiques of Barrick Gold pointing to their repeated misrepresentation of information in an attempt to appear socially responsible. |
Barrick Zine: the lowdown on Barrick and the Canadian Mining Industry This 12-page zine offers a briefing on the Canadian Mining industry with a focus on gold mining and Barrick Gold. |
La Iglesia y la Comunidad del Valle del Huasco reafirman su compromiso por la Vida y contra la depredaci�n minera by Luis Manuel Claps August 15th, 2007 El 15 de agosto, las comunidades del Valle del Huasco se reunieron para celebrar a la Virgen Nuestra Se�ora del Tr�nsito, pero esta vez la fiesta centenaria, estuvo atravesada por una Caminata por la Vida, que denunci� los atropellos de la gran miner�a y defendi� la identidad agr�cola del Valle. |
Barrick Gold CEO gives shareholders cold shoulder at AGM Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) There is really only one way to deal with disgruntled shareholders: hear them out. The opposite approach - shut them off - was taken two weeks ago by Barrick Gold President and CEO, Greg Wilkins. With shareholders waiting their turn to speak, he gavelled the controversial meeting to a close, short-circuiting potentially embarrassing questions. |
May 2nd Action against Goldcorp: No More Mining Terrorism
Rights Action Photo essay on the May 2nd GoldCorp action, organized by Rights Action in Vancouver, Canada. |
2 Mai 2007 Journee Mondiale De Lutte Contre Barrick Gold Corporation http://nonapascualamamtl.blogspot.com/ Dans le cadre des d�nonciations des impacts associ�s au d�veloppement de l�industrie extractive (mini�re, gazi�re et p�troli�re), un r�seau international s�est structur�, engag� sp�cifiquement � la d�fense de la qualit� de l�environnement, des droits humains et des droits autochtones face aux activit�s de la transnationale mini�re canadienne Barrick Gold Corporation. |
Open letter to Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Directors of Barrick Gold in Toronto - May 2, 2007 Open letter to Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Directors of Barrick Gold in Toronto - May 2, 2007 |
Ancash citizens start new protests against Barrick Gold Coordinadora Nacional de Radio Various civil society organisations of the Huaylas Callej�n started a series of protests against the mining company Barrick Misquichilca. The company refuses to paralyse its exploration work on the Condorhuain mountain even though the area was declared. |
Barrick protesters arrested by Lisa Wright, The Toronto Star May 2nd, 2007 Two anti-mining protesters were arrested this morning outside Barrick Gold Corp.'s annual meeting at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. |
Solidarity Actions in Canada April 28th, 2007 |
Protesters vow to continue gold mine protest Australian Broadcasting Corporation April 17th, 2006 Environmentalists are continuing to picket a New South Wales gold mine over the use of cyanide, which they claim will permanently poison the local water supply. |
Peru strikers clash over Barrick tax ruling Reuters March 7th, 2005 Thousands of protesters angry at a court decision to waive a $141 million tax payment levied on Canadian miner Barrick Gold Inc. clashed with riot police in Peru's central Andes on Monday, the latest in a run of anti-mining protests in the mineral-rich nation. |