Tanzania: Dar-Barrick Deal Lauded As Best Ever

31st January 2020 Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Nelly Mtema in Dodoma THE recently sealed Tanzania Barrick mining deal has … More

The Weekend Essay: DR Congo mining victims finally claim global spotlight

Published by MAC on 2020-01-31 Source: Raid, AFREWATCH (2020-01-28) After more than a decade, some of the most vicious and enduring … More

Brief History

The plunder of natural resources by mining / extractive companies is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. … More

Nigeria: Analysis – Shady Practices By Registered Mining Companies Cost Nigeria BILLIONS OF NAIRA

Photo: Dame Yinka/Wikimedia Commons Illegal miners in Itagun, Nigeria separate mud and stones from the raw material, gold. 22 JANUARY 2020 … More

Kenya: Kitui residents in the dark over proposed limestone mining

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8 2020 Kelvin Muthui (right) a Kitui official of Caritas, a Catholic NGO, speaks to residents of Ngaaie … More

A GLIMPSE INTO THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: TORONTO, CANADA AS THE MINING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

DECEMBER 18TH, 2019 by: Valerie Croft org: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Take a walk in downtown Toronto and you may … More

Extinction Rebellion must decide if it is anti-capitalist – and this greenwashing mining company shows us why

Voices The movement has gathered widespread support by being an a-political broad church, but the logical inconsistencies are building up Amardeep … More

Western Sahara: New Zealand Protesters Stand Up Against ‘Stolen Blood Phosphate’ Illegally Mined From Occupied Western Sahara

9 DECEMBER 2019 Sahara Press Service (El Aaiun) Christchurch (New Zealand) 09 December 2019 (SPS)– New Zealand protesters organised a campaign … More

Guatemala court upholds request to suspend work at huge nickel mine

Campaigners say full consultation was not carried out before 2014 reopening of European-owned Fenix site Juliette Garside @JulietteGarside Fri 19 Jul … More

Government of Canada turns back on communities harmed by Canadian mining overseas, loses trust of Canadian civil society

11th July 2019 Ottawa, July 11, 2019 –Today all fourteen civil society and labour union representatives of the government’s Multi-Stakeholder … More