Gambia: Government Urged to Be More Transparent With the Extractive Industry

23rd October 2020 FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda) By Muhamed Bah The extractive industry in The Gambia has been operating for decades, … More

Zambia: Class Action Suit Lodged Against Anglo American Over Alleged Toxic Lead Legacy in Zambia

Daily Maverick (Johannesburg) ANALYSIS By Ed Stoddard Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys and UK-based law firm Leigh Day have filed a class … More

South Africa: Anglo American Sued on Behalf of Children and Women Poisoned by the World’s Biggest Toxic Lead Mine

21st October 2020 Children of KabwePRESS RELEASE Lawyers from Mbuyisa Moleele and Leigh Day today announced that a class action … More

Canada: New Poll Shows Strong Support to Reform Mining, Create New Protected Areas in B.C.

Source: BC Mining Law Reform, Northern Confluence See also the answers provided to our network by each of the main political … More

Canadian Unions and Civil Society Organizations Support Bolivian Mineworkers Union Demands for Fair Treatment from Canadian Company

Source: MiningWatch Canada (Ottawa) Canadian unions and civil society organizations sent a letter today to Canadian mining company Orvana Minerals, condemning … More

30,000 signatures for the protection of water in Chubut, Argentina

The Citizens Initiative is a right included in the provincial Constitution Published by MAC on 2020-10-20Source: Asamblea Puerto Madryn, ANRed, … More

TANZANIA: THREE MINING FIRMS SUED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

FAUSTINE KAPAMA 19th October 2020 MWANZA-based mining company, Bismark Hotel Mining Company Limited, has sued three giant gold mining companies, … More

Mongolia plans river diversion as mining industry sucks Gobi dry

Demand from the mines is higher than the water available Published by MAC on 2020-10-19Source: The Third Pole (2020-10-17) Before … More

Saving the Mahakam River in Indonesia

Published by MAC on 2020-10-18Source: Undisciplined Environments (2020-10-17) Residents are actively organizing to reclaim the river as a common living … More

Mexico to launch new police force to protect mining operations

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud October 18, 2020 | 10:26 am Officers from Mexico’s Federal Protection Service (SPF in Spanish) are to … More