NEWS RELEASE, 21 December 2020, 9.26 am EST Source: MiningWatch Canada – Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales de Chile OLCA The company’s … More
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Chile: Toxic cloud over the Caimanes Community – is Minera Los Pelambres the culprit?
By Richard | Dec 18, 2020 | News The Caimanes community, part of the Los Vilos commune in Chile, has for decades been suffering negative … More
Secretive ‘gold rush’ for deep-sea mining dominated by handful of firms, report
Mining firms see the deep-sea bed as the last frontier for a mineral extraction boom. Published by MAC on 2020-12-18Source: … More
US Federal Appeals Court Turns Down Maxima Acuña’s Case Against Newmont
Published by MAC on 2020-12-17Source: ERI (2020-12-16) Ruling fails to address family’s claims of abuse suffered at the hands of … More
Indigenous communities under pressure from corporate mining in Chubut, Argentina
By Richard Dec 14, 2020 By Luis Claps, Mines and Communities network Three companies are now charging for a mining zoning bill … More
The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret
The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But … More
Resisting Green Extractivism: The Unjust Cost of the Energy Transition
By Saul Dec 14, 2020 A central demand of climate movements has been to move to ‘100% renewable energy’ — … More
Uganda: Museveni, Kigezi youth disagree on iron ore mining
Monday, December 14, 2020 Summary UTILITY. Endowed with minerals, Uganda has estimated 55m metric tonnes of recoverable iron ore deposits valued … More
Philippines: Opposition to Presidential order to negotiate OceanaGold’s license renewal
Gov. Carlos Padilla has appealed to President Duterte to discontinue mining operations. Source: Statement, Manila Times, Philippine Star 2020-12-14 Published … More
Canada: Nouveau Monde Graphite Still Has No Consent from Atikamekw Nation
Source: Atikamekw Council of Manawan FRIENDS OF MININGWATCH, 11 December 2020, 11.19am EST (Manawan, Quebec) While the Chairman and CEO of Nouveau … More
