No Relief for 4000 People Affected by Brazil Mine Spill

NEWS RELEASE 7 April 2021, 12.54pm EDT Source: Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL) – MiningWatch Canada (Ottawa/Montreal, April … More

Barrick Forces Hand of Papua New Guinea Government in Reopening Porgera Mine

NEWS RELEASE 6 April 2021, 4.31pm EDT (Ottawa) Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister James Marape … More

Mining industry takes advantage of pandemic to try to licence 13 projects at once in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Apr 6, 2021 | News On the attempt to approve 13 licencing projects at once at COPAM-MG By Gabriela Sarmet, co-founder of the Coletivo … More

Kenya gives Tullow ultimatum over Turkana oil fields

Thursday April 01 2021 Kenya has set a December deadline for British firm Tullow Oil to present a comprehensive investment … More

US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining at Goldex Property in Guatemala

30 March 2021, 2.49pm EDT GuatemalaIndigenous Rights Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Seven organizations, including MiningWatch Canada, sent … More

Brazil: Lack of Social Control in Mining Activities and the Aurizona Project

26 March 2021, 6.49pm EDT Equinox Gold By Tádzio Coelho, professor in the Social Science department at Viçosa Federal University, … More

Ghana: Management of mineral revenue questioned

March 26, 20210 1 minute read The co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has expressed … More

Mexico – Fortuna Silver Mines: Licence to Pollute

26 March 2021, 1.26pm EDT Fortuna Silver Mexico This investigation was conducted for Avispa Midia, Aristegui Noticias, Pie de Página … More

Kenya: Villagers Restless as Shanta Strikes Gold in Lirhanda

25 MARCH 2021 The Nation (Nairobi) By Derick Luvega The foreign firm that is prospecting for gold in the Lirhanda … More

Kenya: UK Mining Firm to Pay Kenya Sh300 Million After Losing Licence Row

24 MARCH 2021 The Nation (Nairobi) By Alex Ndegwa Kenya will recover Sh300 million from a multinational that unsuccessfully challenged … More