Gang activity in Ecuador shows mining fraught with issues
Statement by Rainforest Action Group The current wave of criminal activity by organised crime gangs in Ecuador underpins predictions made by Rainforest Action Group from 2018 that investing in ...
Ecuador landslide deaths show mining risks
Deadly landslide buries Ecuador town, killing 28 in region earmarked for mining by Australian mining company SolGold. On Sunday 26 March, a massive landslide caused a large chunk of a mountainside ...
New report on SolGold backer Jiangxi
Rainforest Action Group launches its new report today on Jiangxi Copper, the Chinese mining company which invested $36 million US into SolGold in December Only weeks after Canada ordered three ...
Gina Rinehart considered “personally responsible” for human rights abuses in Buenos Aires, Ecuador
Gina Rinehart is \"personally responsible\" for abuses of human rights and constitutional law, say community members in Buenos Aires, Ecuador. Hanrine, her Ecuador subsidiary is again being ...
Ecuador Army attack peaceful civilians resisting Rinehart mining on their land
Gina Rinehart’s Hanrine mining concessions in north-east Ecuador are again hotbeds of unrest, with Ecuador’s Army using violence and tear gas to clear streets of citizens to allow Hanrine’s ...
Win for Los Cedros Reserve could impact mining concessions across Ecuador
Los Cedros Reserve to be protected from mining after comprehensive Ecuador Constitutional Court ruling on Rights of Nature and the environment In a significant ruling on December 1, the Ecuador ...
Ecuador legal system manipulated in Rinehart company case
The National Council of the Judiciary in Ecuador confirmed the presence of irregularities and manipulation of the judicial computer system in the Protective Action that allowed Gina Rinehart ...
Human rights violations at Gina Rinehart’s Ecuador mining concession
Approximately 500 armed national police stormed Buenos Aires in the early hours of the 3rd August, using tear gas and military trucks to forcibly clear a path through the town for the mining company ...
Judge rules Rinehart’s Ecuador subsidiary must not block public road
Hundreds of workers from Rinehart’s subsidiary Hanrine have blocked the only road to the town of Buenos Aires in north-west Ecuador for more than 40 days, hoping to force locals to allow them ...
Gina Rinehart’s Ecuador concession faces new trouble
The Ombudsman\'s Office of Ecuador has called on the National Government to suspend all mining activities in the Buenos Aires parish where Rinehart has several concessions, after what it deemed was ...
New report on Solgold in Ecuador
The report \"SolGold in Ecuador; Solgold\'s woes continue\" investigates each of SolGold\'s priority projects in Ecuador, as well as the company\'s financial situation; looking at environmental risk ...
Llurimagua mine in Ecuador could lose environmental license
A Constitutional Injunction brought against the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment and the State Attorney General in August 2020 over concerns the rights of endemic species were being violated ...
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve threatened by BHP, SolGold and other miners
Protest in Ecuador over UNESCO Biosphere Reserve threatened by SolGold, BHP and other miners Yesterday marked 60 days of protest against mining for people in the Parish of Pacto in Ecuador. In ...
Llurimagua case looks set to be lost by the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment
Llurimagua case for endemic species looks set to be lost by the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment in significant blow to plans for mining in the area A case for protecting endemic species at ...
Los Cedros Reserve court date set
Landmark Rights of Nature case to be heard in Ecuador’s Constitutional Court on October 19 The outcome of this significant case to protect the Los Cedros Reserve from mining would set a precedent ...
Major legal victory for endemic species in Ecuador Rights of Nature case
A Constitutional Protection Action win at the Cotacachi Court on September 24 may stop mining companies destroying the habitats of endemic species in Ecuador “In a huge win for the environment, on ...
Rinehart mining camp burnt in Ecuador
Gina Rinehart\'s Ecuador subsidiary Hanrine is facing renewed unrest in the province of Imbabura, Ecuador. On Tuesday 25th, a group of 180 people set fire to a mining camp at one of her concessions ...
Sunstone Metals concession El Palmar an ecological and financial nightmare
Sunstone Metals agreement to acquire El Palmar, a copper-gold project in northern Ecuador is an ecological nightmare fraught with risks. El Palmar abuts the Los Cedros Biological Reserve, a ...
Rinehart vs Chilean Govt over spoils for copper mine
Ecuadorian investigation shows a conflict between Codelco and a subsidiary of Australia’s Hancock Prospecting, Hanrine, over control of the Llurimagua copper mine. Information revealed on August 3, ...
Constitutional Court could save Australian Government funded Reserve in Ecuador from mining
A forest reserve in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, originally set up with Australian Government support and home to over 200 species at risk of extinction, has been scheduled for a ...
Elected local officials threatened with jail for opposing mining
(MiningWatchCanada, Ottawa) The elected President and Vice President of a rural municipality in northwestern Ecuador have been threatened with criminal, administrative, and constitutional charges if ...
A new global analysis of the mining industry’s pandemic profiteering
Over 300 organizations express solidarity with communities and workers affected by reckless mining industry profiteering during the COVID-19 pandemic Over 300 organizations from around the world ...
Mining operations at risk as thousands protest austerity measures
People in Ecuador have taken to the streets again this week despite heightened risks of coronavirus over wildly unpopular economic reforms were reintroduced on May 19. Moreno backed down on the ...
Australian company offer for controversial Llurimagua project
A major Australian company has reportedly put in a US$420 million offer for the controversial Codelco-ENAMI Llurimagua project in the Intag region of Ecuador according to mineral expert lawyer. ...
Mining camps in Ecuador potential breeding ground for coronavirus
Despite mining companies saying they are suspending operations in Ecuador due to Covid-19, on the ground work continues to take place, angering at-risk local communities and indigenous groups. “The ...
SolGold pushes ahead in Awá territory despite opposition
Communities barricaded a bridge in Chical, close to the Colombian border, on January 17 to express their frustration with mining companies continuing to explore despite community opposition. The ...
Police and BHP use aggressive tactics against community in Cazarpamba
Ongoing resistance to BHP’s attempts to explore for copper and gold in its Santa Teresa 2 concession came to a head on Tuesday 14th January when police attempted to dismantle a community blockade so ...
BHP reps flee after community members oppose closed-door meeting
A closed-door meeting held to recruit employees from the Cazarpamba community in Imbabura ended unexpectedly for BHP representatives who fled in embarrassment after community members decried the ...
BHP’s hopes for copper blighted by community resistance
A community assembly in Intag on the 23rd November – an area BHP touts as being its Ecuador stronghold – ended with the almost unanimous rejection of mining in the area. The meeting was held only ...
Protestors acting as human smoke alarms
Protesters at international mining conference acting as human smoke alarms 6 November 2019 The aftermath of a week of blockades against the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) ...
Protesters at International Mining Conference
A week of blockades against the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) continued yesterday (Tuesday) at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, where more than 500 anti-mining ...
Australian solidarity blockade at BHP
200 protestors at the head office at BHP today blocked entries to doors this morning amid demands for BHP to take greater accountability of its mining operations globally. The protest comes as ...
Australian mining companies complicit in unrest
The Rainforest Action Group is deeply concerned about the implications of the State of Emergency declared by Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno on October 3rd. The action gives police and military ...
Latin American Church takes a Stand
‘Our Mother Earth is Dying’: Latin American Church takes a Stand for the Amazon September 20, 2019 On Sept 14th this year, as the disastrous fires in the Amazon Rainforest continued to hit ...
SolGold joins Rinehart with trouble in Ecuador
SolGold joins Rinehart with trouble in Ecuador August 6, 2019 SolGold joins Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting as the latest Aussie company to face challenges on their Ecuadorian mining. ...
Legal problems cast doubt on BHP’s future in Ecuador
A series of legal cases based on constitutional law have created doubts over BHP\'s operations in Ecuador. These court cases highlight the risks for international mining companies who fail to ...
Amazon community denied protection against Chinese Copper mine
Latest court ruling casts renewed doubts on Ecuador’s upholding of its constitutional process amid fresh protests of human rights violations at the country’s largest open-pit copper mine, Mirador. ...
Gina Rinehart’s Mining Concession Problems in Ecuador
Hanrine Ecuadorian Exploration and Mining (HEEM), a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart\'s Hancock Prospecting has been involved in a political minefield in Ecuador for the past year. In mid December 2018, ...
BHP Electric Car Greenwash
December 17, 2018 Melbourne Rainforest Action Group (MRAG) today released a report detailing the activities of BHP Billiton in South America. The report highlights the company’s poor environmental ...
Mining disaster possible in Ecuador?
News reports on the 5th of September that mining company BHP has purchased a 6.1% stake in exploration company Solgold for $35m have raised concerns that another mining disaster in northern Ecuador ...
Lee Rhiannon questions AUSTRADE on mining in Ecuador
The destructive push into Ecuador\'s rainforests and indigenous communities by several Australian mining giants, with the full support of Austrade, was questioned in the Senate Estimates Committee ...