Published by MAC on 2021-01-16Source: Reuters, Miningnews.net (2021-01-26) The mine extracted about 1.2% of the country’s total copper output in … More
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Africa: How Do We Reverse the Resource Curse?
Africa In Fact (Johannesburg) ANALYSIS By Ross Harvey 15th January 2021 Scholar Richard Auty first coined the phrase ‘resource curse’ … More
Kenya: Chaos rocks Macalder mines as factions clash
Ian Byron, Nation Media Group Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Tension is high at Macalder’s Copper Hill Mines in Nyatike after two … More
Mining company to pay New Mexico $11 million for toxic Gold King spill
By Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.com Jan 13, 2021 Updated Jan 13, 2021 The state of New Mexico has reached an $11 million settlement … More
Guinea: Steinmetz Trial: The Largest Corruption Case in the Mining Sector Goes to Court in Geneva
Public Eye (Zurich/Lausanne) PRESS RELEASE Today, a historic trial is starting in Calvin’s city. Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz faces charges … More
Congo-Kinshasa: In Secret Action, Trump Administration Granted License to Sanctioned Mining Billionaire Dan Gertler
The Sentry (Washington, DC) ANNOUNCEMENT Washington, DC — Experts Recommend Banks Maintain Blocks on Gertler-Linked Assets and Transactions In a secret, last-minute … More
UPDATE: 1 UK shareholder raises concerns over Rio/BHP Arizona mine
By Clara Denina, Ernest Scheyder LONDON/HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – A leading British local government pension group has urged mining … More
Former security chief at Hudbay mine pleads guilty in Guatemala
Published by MAC on 2021-01-08Source: The Star, Financial Post (2021-01-11) Previous article on MAC: Hudbay Minerals shareholders asked to donate their … More
Kenya: Sale of UK firm’s Narok gold mine now pushed to February
UK’s gold mining firm Goldplat has put off the sale of its gold mine in Narok County to the end … More
OceanaGold Still Unwanted in the Philippines
NEWS RELEASE, 4 January 2021, 1.37pm EST (Ottawa/Washington) Throughout 2020, Indigenous Ifugao maintained their blockade of OceanaGold’s copper-gold project in Didipio, … More