USA: The fight to clean up Exide battery plant in California

Published by MAC on 2021-06-09Source: LA TACO, CNS, The Guardian, ABC7.com (2021-06-07) A judge approved Exide’s bankruptcy settlement allowing the … More

India: Amara Raja battery plants ordered to shut down over pollution charges

Published by MAC on 2021-06-08Source: Reuters, The Hindu, Bestmag, Batteries Internation (2021-06-07) ‘Gotta be a better way’. Some of the … More

Former Western Australia Aboriginal Affairs minister joins Rio Tinto

Published by MAC on 2021-06-07Source: The Guardian (2021-06-05) Is there anything left that Rio Tinto can do? Ben Wyatt, a … More

Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada

NEWS RELEASE 31 May 2021, 6.36pm EDT (Ottawa) Today, the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) released draft model legislation that provides … More

Cominak uranium mine closes in Niger

Published by MAC on 2021-05-31Source: Afrik21 (2021-05-30) The risk of radioactive pollution in one of Africa’s largest uranium mines. Akouta … More

South Africa: RBM mining executive gunned down in KwaZulu-Natal

Published by MAC on 2021-05-30Source: ECR, TimesLIVE (2021-05-30) Richards Bay Minerals has confirmed its general manager of operations has been … More

Ethiopia: Three Chinese Mine Workers Freed After Kidnapping in Ethiopia

30 MAY 2021 The Nation (Nairobi) By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Three Chinese nationals who had been kidnapped by an armed group … More

Villagers protest against mining company

28 MAY, 2021 – 00:05 George Maponga–Masvingo Bureau Scores of placard-waving villagers in Sese have staged a demonstration demanding an … More

Kenya: Large scale gold mining to start in Kakamega in 2022

Artisanal miners prospect for gold in Rosterman in Kakamega County. Mining firm Shanta Gold has announced the presence of visible … More

Kenya: Shanta finds more gold deposits in Kakamega

FRIDAY MAY 28 2021 By DERICK LUVEGA and By BENSON AMADALA Large-scale gold mining in Western Kenya could start next … More