nyse gg s & p tsx 60 component industry gold mining founded 1994 ; 22 years ago 1994 headquarters vancouver british columbia canada key people david garofalo president & ceo ian telfer chairman of the board and director products gold revenue 4 375.00 million 2015 1 operating income 4 863.00 million 2015 1 net income 4 158.00 million 2015 1 total assets 21.43 billion 2015 2 number of employees 15 800 2015 3 website www.goldcorp.com goldcorp is a gold producer headquartered in vancouver british columbia canada . the company employs about 15 800 people worldwide 4 engaged in gold mining and related activities including exploration extraction processing and reclamation . goldcorp s operating assets include four mines in canada two mines in mexico and four in central and south america . citation needed as of the third quarter of 2014 goldcorp was the world s fourth largest producer of gold . 5 in june 2016 goldcorp was named one of corporate knights magazine s best 50 corporate citizens in canada . 6 in the same year the company was also ranked among canada s top 100 employers . goldcorp has repeatedly been accused of harming the environment livestock and public health in multiple studies by advocacy groups and activists contaminating areas with toxic heavy metals by its mining activities . these allegations have been refuted by the company and none of these allegations have been proved in a court of law . 7 the company s track record around transparency policies and practices has improved 8 since a damning 2010 study accused the company of human rights violations . contents 1 operations 1.1 operations map 1.2 legend 2 financial 2.1 2015 3 history 4 environmental impact 4.1 san martin mine honduras 4.2 marlin mine guatemala 4.3 pueblo viejo mining project dominican republic 5 see also 6 references operations edit operations map edit goldcorp s operating assets include four mines in canada two mines in mexico and four in central and south america . goldcorp also has a number of projects including the cochenour and borden projects in canada and nuevauni n formerly known as project corridor 50 % interest in chile . citation needed legend edit red lake mine canada porcupine mine canada musselwhite mine canada cochenour project canada borden project canada el sauzal mine mexico los filos mine mexico pe asquito mine mexico marlin mine guatemala alumbrera mine argentina 37.5 % ownership l onore mine canada pueblo viejo mine dominican republic 40 % ownership cerro negro mine argentina nuevauni n project chile 50 % ownership financial edit 2015 edit 2015 production totaled 909 400 ounces for the fourth quarter and 3 464 400 ounces for the full year 2015 citation needed compared to 890 900 ounces and 2 871 299 ounces respectively in 2014 . citation needed financials us millions 2015 2014 revenues 4 375 3 436 adjusted net earnings 88 498 cash flow from operations 1 430 1 014 cash & cash equivalents 326 482 total assets at dec 31 21 428 27 866 citation needed history edit goldcorp was officially incorporated in 1994 . following a period of m & a activity the company quickly grew to become a leading gold producer . the company is focused on responsible mining practices with safe low cost production in areas of low political risk . through the consistent application of its business strategy goldcorp has achieved significant growth industry recognition and numerous awards . in 2000 goldcorp founder rob mcewen launched the goldcorp challenge sharing with the public the company s geological data with the offer of 575 000 in prizes to those who could help locate red lake mine s next six million ounces of gold . the challenge was successful with more than 110 sites identified and more than 80 per cent of sites yielding significant gold reserves . the challenge helped turn the company from a struggling enterprise into one of the most profitable in the industry . environmental impact edit goldcorp has been working to improve its approach to environmental stewardship . the company publicly reports on its environmental performance on an annual basis and has been a member of the international council on mining and metals icmm since 2009 . the company s el sauzal mine in mexico was also the first mine in the world to be successfully decommissioned in accordance with the international cyanide management code icmc . despite this the environmental economic and human impact of the company s latin american mines has been a controversial topic for a number of years . san martin mine honduras edit a study by italian activist flaviano bianchini in 2006 found dangerous levels of arsenic and lead in the blood of hondurans living downstream from goldcorp s san martin mine located in the siria valley . 9 while people living in the valley had equated their health problems with the mine s operations since it opened in 1999 both the company and the honduran government disputed the study s findings . honduran authorities the company said took water samples during three visits in 2008 and all ph measurements were normal . they also reviewed and approved the mine s closure plan . in 2009 two studies commissioned by the uk based advocacy group cafod have found the company s methods to extract gold from low grade deposits also releases other toxic heavy metals such as arsenic mercury and lead contaminating streams and groundwater . the first study from newcastle university detected acidic mine drainage whereby sulphides in the rock are exposed to oxygen and water and produce sulphuric acid which can have devastating effects on animals and plants . a follow up study by the same university found evidence of severe contamination in the form of highly acidic and metal rich water from the mine site flowing into a stream used by villagers for agriculture and domestic purposes . 10 since the closure of san martin mine in 2008 the 1 500 hectare former mine site has been reclaimed into agricultural farmland and the former camp facilities remodeled into an ecotourism hotel . these developments have since provided employment skills training and new investment to the area . marlin mine guatemala edit an investigative report by the ctv television network s w5 published on their website on april 17 2010 reported criticism by human rights workers about the damage they believe mining companies were doing to the people the land and the culture of guatemala . 11 the same news program ran a four part documentary entitled paradise lost which explored some of the controversy surrounding goldcorp s marlin mine operation and investigated the economic environmental and social costs and benefits of canadian mining operations in central america . 12 at the request of goldcorp shareholders an independent human rights impact assessment hria was conducted by external auditors in 2010 . 13 goldcorp has since implemented all recommendations from the hira including the publishing of an official human rights policy in 2010 . on july 14 15 2012 the self organized international peoples health tribunal a panel of twelve judges with backgrounds in science health ecology and human rights met in guatemala to hear testimony relating to the effects of goldcorp s south american mines . after the two day tribunal the panel found goldcorp financially liable for health and ecological damages to the communities near its mines in honduras guatemala and mexico . 14 as a self organized tribunal the panel findings carry no legal bearing however the company did voluntarily secure financial bonds to ensure responsible closure . the marlin mine has since been lauded as a model of responsible mine closure and was named one of the 21 most socially responsible companies in central america by el economista the economist magazine . pueblo viejo mining project dominican republic edit pueblo viejo mining project takes place in the dominican republic and is operated by barrick pueblo viejo a firm owned by barrick gold and goldcorp . 15 25 years of operation are scheduled for this project which is likely to raise the exports of the dominican republic clearly . 15 the project is accused of having caused contamination and illegal logging . 16 the illegal logging has since been attributed to local village people . in 2012 barrick gold opened a water treatment plant that has since successfully rehabilitated the contaminated area . 17 see also edit companies portal gold as an investment gold mining references edit a b c goldcorp financial data annual data . retrieved october 3 2016 . top 2000 companies 2016 . forbes . october 3 2016 . company profile for goldcorp inc gg . retrieved january 13 2015 . goldcorp our workforce . goldcorp.com . simon walker gold new fundamentals engineering & mining journal feb. 2015 v. 216 n. 2 p. 34 2016 best 50 results corporate knights . 2016 06 07 . retrieved 2016 09 26 . goldcorp inc. dispelling the myths of marlin . www.goldcorp.com . retrieved 2016 09 26 . goldcorp inc. overall winner in 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