Congo-Kinshasa: The DRC and China’s Sicomines – Why Future Deals Should Be Different

3rd APRIL 2019 Photo: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Media ExpressCopper cathodes at an open pit copper mine.ANALYSIS It was confidently billed at the … More

Kenya: Squatters threaten protests over titanium mining

‘WHERE WILL WE GO?’ More than 10,000 residents in 16 villages will be affected 20 March 2019 In Summary • … More

Beneficiation is touted as a silver bullet. Why it might not be

March 12, 2019 3.52pm SAST Wouter Bam, Stellenbosch University, Karolien De Bruyne, KU Leuven Like other mineral producing countries, South Africa has considered implementing … More

South Africa: Minister Told to Put Community Rights Above Demands of Mining Companies

10 FEBRUARY 2019 Notes from the House (Cape Town) The communities of Matzikama municipality in the northernmost reaches of South … More

Guatemala under fire from international organisations

Published by MAC on 2019-02-04 Government and US company seeking to undermine Constitution For earlier newspiece, please see: Fifty international … More

Congo-Kinshasa: How Today’s Crisis in the Congo Began

By Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli 31st January 2019 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is both one of the … More

South Africa: World’s Worst Air is in South African Coal Community

By Anita Powell 30th January 2019 Middelburg — Thirty-five-year-old Patrick Mdluli considered himself healthy until he moved two years ago … More

Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction

January 23, 2019 5.35am AEDT Australian companies dominate African mining. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade counts 175 ASX-listed … More

South Africa: mining betrays communities

Published by MAC on 2019-01-21 New study to be launched in February ActionAid South Africa is soon to launch a … More

Mining will not bring jobs to Xolobeni

By Andrew Bennie 15th January 2019 Through farming, many Amadiba coastal residents are not just surviving, but flourishing. Together with … More