Tanzania: Tz Mining Reforms Excite World Experts

29 JUNE 2020 Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Daily News Reporter/Agencies PRESIDENT John Magufuli’s major mining reforms have caught attention … More

The Weekend Essay: Rhodes may Fall – but many other mining villains remain unscathed

Published by MAC on 2020-06-26Source: Nostromo Research, The Guardian (2020-06-25) London Calling proposes a new representation of past and present … More

Zimbabwe: Govt called to take decisive action on abusive Chinese employers

23rd June 2020 By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) secretary general Justice Chinhema has called … More

Ecuadorian Civil society organisations condemn Canadian Ambassador

Published by MAC on 2020-06-22Source: Mining Watch Canada (2020-06-19) The future fortunes of the Latin American state being promoted as … More

Mining’s “Pandemic Profiteering” – a new report

Published by MAC on 2020-06-18Source: NGO report (2020-06-02) Sponsored and researched by several organisations, a fresh inventory has just been … More

Nigeria: How Illegal Mining Is Driving Local Conflicts in Nigeria

Criminal networks fuel community violence in a bid to exploit untapped mineral deposits in the North West. 16 JUN 2020 / BY MAURICE … More

South Africa: Mining Case Poses Big Questions About the Right of Business to Silence Dissent

By Rebecca Davis 9 June 2020 A case to be heard this week by the Western Cape High Court poses … More

Kenya: Quarry Blasts – Bobasi Residents Decry Destruction of Houses, Loss of Livelihoods

By Rosemary Onchari 9 June 2020 Kisii — Residents in Kisii’s Nyamonema area bordering Bobasi and Bonchari constituencies have renewed … More

The Weekend Essay (1): A Thai community victimised by the military

Published by MAC on 2020-05-15Source: Thai Enquirer (2020-05-12) A Thai journalist describes how a local community is vividly attempting to … More

Africa: Cobalt Is Critical to the Renewable Energy Transition. How Can We Minimize Its Social and Environmental Cost?

14th May 2020 Ensia (Minnesota) Analysis By Bianca Nogrady Demand for cobalt is expected to soar in coming years as … More