New report from @dsmcampaign.bsky.social and @seasatrisk.bsky.social shows deep sea mining is losing its financial licence to operate.
A moratorium on DSM would align public policy with this clear market signal that the industry is high-risk and lacking long-term credibility.
Our full brief: miningwatch.ca/2026/3/8/min...
"National-security language can become a political shortcut for faster permitting and weaker scrutiny, especially if Ottawa starts calling more projects strategic without clearly defining the public interest."
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Comunicado de prensa: 77 organizaciones de la sociedad civil piden a la embajada canadiense en Ecuador que se manifieste sobre la criminalización de defensores ambientales por parte de DPM Metals Inc
Lea la carta completa y el comunicado de prensa aquí: miningwatch.ca/es/news/2026...
Press Release: 77 Civil Society Organizations Call on the Canadian Embassy in Ecuador to Speak Out on the Criminalization of Environmental Defenders by DPM Metals Inc.
Read the full letter and press release here: miningwatch.ca/news/2026/3/...
As Ecuador courts a U.S. critical mineral deal, the right-wing government is weakening environmental protections and labeling environmental defenders “terrorists.”
Record Ridge was listed as one of B.C.'s top polluting and risky mines in our 2025 Dirty Dozen report (bit.ly/3P2YBuP). The lack of an EA for the project is particularly concerning given a pattern of poor transparency from the proponent. Learn more in this overview from @stefanlabbe.bsky.social
This should rule out a new Canadian trade deal with Ecuador. Absolute depravity from the Noboa government w/ full backing of Trump and, through its silence, Canada. #ISDS #cdnpoli cepr.net/newsroom/ecu...
“The smǝlqmíx and our neighbours that choose to be here forever will have to deal with the consequences long after the profits and monies have left the valley,” a joint statement issued by the Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands said.
#mine #bcpoli
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MiningWatch's submission outlines key concerns about foreign access to Canadian mineral resources, environmental, human rights and security risks associated with expanded mining, and the need to respect Indigenous rights.
Read the full brief on our site: miningwatch.ca/2026/3/8/min...
Yesterday, MiningWatch National Program Co-Lead @rodrigue-turgeon.bsky.social presented a brief to the House of Commons Committee on National Defense as part of their study on the links between national defense, national security and critical minerals.
🪖Il estime qu’il pourrait y avoir de sérieuses répercussions sur l’environnement s’il fallait accélérer l’exploitation des ressources minières pour servir l’industrie militaire, pour répondre à une demande de la Défense nationale. | #Abitibi #Témiscamingue #polqc @miningwatch.bsky.social
Canada: National Post must leash Conrad Black
National Post: We have; he's paywalled so no-one will actually read this
Advocacy group Alternatives North says N.W.T. gov't too close to mining industry as new regulations developed; government meetings with industry amount to 'regulatory capture'
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"Ecuador and Canada are getting closer to formalizing a trade agreement. But Indigenous leaders in the South American country are denouncing a lack of consultation and calling for transparency. Official and community voices reveal a clash of agendas."
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Canadian mining companies’ role in pushing for reforms to weaken the country’s Glacier Law must be denounced. In the context of the climate crisis and worsening water scarcity, national legislation that protects precious fresh drinking water should not be weakened but respected.
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Are Canadian Companies Behind Moves to Gut Argentina's Glacier Protection Law?
Civil society and mining-affected communities are urging their legislators to protect water over mining interests.
New blog here: shorturl.at/2FAcR
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We stand in solidarity with the water and land defenders being criminalized in Las Naves, Ecuador, by Canadian mining companies
#VoicesAtRisk
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One side unilaterally and hastily deciding what Indigenous rights may or may not mean is just peak settler colonial
Chainsaw to Glaciers and the Periglacial Environment: An illegal and unconstitutional bill that seeks to dismantle the Glacier Law in Argentina to favour the mining sector
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Great to hear from one of the few people who has actually been to the deep why we need to protect it
(I think it says a lot for the men who want to send machines down to the seabed that they seem to have no interest in it other than to make money out of it).
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So B.C. just went ahead and approved the problematic Copper Mountain expansion without bothering to address, much less resolve, the Nations' concerns. Not a smart move for either the Province or the company.
Nous embauchons!! MiningWatch et @coalitionqmm.bsky.social cherchent une personne pour coordonner, administrer et développer la Coalition Québec meilleure mine!
Pour en savoir plus sur le poste: miningwatch.ca/fr/blog/2026...
Important work from @transitionsec.bsky.social.
"[T]he ecological devastation and toxic legacies caused by military technologies begins with raw material extraction and persists throughout at every stage of their lifecycle of destruction."
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On the heels of Hudbay Minerals and the B.C. provincial government announcing permit approvals for expanding Copper Mountain Mine, the Similkameen First Nations are blasting the “unilateral” decision.
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Our latest report breaks down how the Save Sangihe Island coalition is building a powerful movement to defend the land and waters that communities depend on.
Read the full report here: miningwatch.ca/2026/2/24/mi...
🌿 On Sangihe Island in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, a grassroots movement is challenging a Canadian company's gold mining plans.
Postulez pour joindre la belle équipe d'Eau Secours, et contribuer à la protection de l'environnement et de l'eau! 💧
Last chance: Tell your MP to oppose Part 5, Division 5 of Bill C-15!
Your voice matters, and it’s needed now.
Email your MP and the key members of the Standing Committee on Finance to urge them to remove Part 5, Division 5 from Bill C-15.
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Additionally, while international indicators and governance are important, these lessons need to be taken on board by national and sub-national authorities with direct jurisdiction and decision-making powers.
