Barrick Gold

African Barrick Says 7 Intruders Shot Dead at Mine; to Probe

Kailash — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:38:39 +0100

African Barrick Gold Plc said police shot dead seven “intruders” at its North Mara mine in Tanzania after hundreds invaded the project armed with machetes, rocks and hammers in the latest fatal confrontation at the site.

Police called to the area “came under sustained attack by approximately 800 criminal intruders who illegally entered the North Mara mine site and attempted to remove ore,” the London- based company said in a statement.

Global gold supremo faces its critics

Kailash — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:34:17 +0100

Indigenous representatives from Porgera, Papua New Guinea, traveled to Canada last week to speak at Barrick Gold’s annual general meeting (AGM).

They were joined by other shareholders who protested at operations by the world’s leading gold company elsewhere around the world.

African Barrick – the company now listed in London and spun off by Barrick (but with the Canadian parent holding the majority of shares)- had its own AGM last week too, although no protestors got inside the meeting.

Barry Sergeant of Mineweb (21 April 2011) had an interesting insight into the escalating costs for

Canada gets Cuddly with Mining Companies

Kailash — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:35:43 +0100

Critics are asking whether, with the defeat of Bill C-300, whether the Canadian government is getting too comfortable with the country’s mining, gas and oil companies. Image by Caitlin Crawshaw.
HALIFAX—Despite the death of Bill C-300, which would have introduced accountability for Canadian mining, oil or gas corporations operating in developing countries, watchdog groups are sounding the alarm louder than ever over what they see as a conflict of interest in the government.

"Whoever Opposes Mining is Seen as a Terrorist"-Wikileaks on the US and Peru

Kailash — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50:07 +0000

A Wikileaks cable reveals the US Embassy in Lima, Peru, identified Indigenous activists and tracked the involvement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivia Ambassador Pablo Solon, prominent Quechua activist Miguel Palacin Quispe and community leaders.

Since the writing of this cable, the bonds with Native Americans and First Nations have grown stronger in the struggles for justice. Bolivian President Morales and Ambassador Solon were in the forefront of the Indigenous global climate change efforts in 2010.

Papua New Guinea: Serious Abuses at Barrick Gold Mine

Kailash — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:50:28 +0000

Toronto – Private security personnel employed at a gold mine in Papua New Guinea have been implicated in alleged gang rapes and other violent abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Controversial mining law green-lighted, Panama

Kailash — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:15:11 +0000

In the first of two votes, Panamanian lawmakers Feb.

Canadian mining companies worst abusers in developing world:

Kailash — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:02:02 +0000

OTTAWA—Canadian mining companies are far and away the worst offenders in environmental, human rights and other abuses around the world, according to a global study commissioned by an industry association but never made public.

“Canadian companies have been the most significant group involved in unfortunate incidents in the developing world,” the report obtained by the Toronto Star concludes.

“Canadian companies have played a much more major role than their peers from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States” in these incidents, says the Canadian Centre for the Study

Tribe Loses Court Battle to Stop Gold Mine on Mount Tenabo

Kailash — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:43:12 +0100

SAN FRANCISCO, California – An Indian tribe, an indigenous rights support group and a mining watchdog group have failed in their joint court bid to block the expansion of a gold mine in northeastern Nevada.

A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a district court’s grant of summary judgment against the plaintiff Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone of Nevada and its co-plaintiffs, the Western Shoshone Defense Project, and Great Basin Mine Watch.

Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses

Kailash — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:08:37 +0100

(Ottawa) Four members of the Ipili tribe of Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have travelled to Canada to demand that Barrick Gold address serious human rights abuses and environmental destruction related to Barrick’s Porgera Joint Venture gold mine. Two of the Ipili are landowners and also part-owners of the Porgera Joint Venture mine.

Long-standing allegations of killings and rapes of civilians by security forces at Barrick’s PNG mine have been confirmed recently by the findings of a team of investigators from Harvard University who reported to Canadian Parliamentarians in 2009.

Munk takes on mine protestors, defends capitalism

Kailash — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:10:51 +0100

Mark Ekepa journeyed from Papua New Guinea to tell the shareholders of Barrick Gold Corp. how police had burned down his house near the Barrick’s Porgera mine.

Idolia Bornones travelled from Chile to say that Barrick operations are damaging local glaciers and rivers.

But Barrick chairman Peter Munk was unrepentant as he faced the company’s annual meeting.

Even before the visitors had a chance to speak, Munk delivered an unapologetic defence of Barrick’s role in improving the lives of people around the world.