Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad

By SUZANNE DALEY, APRIL 2, 2016 LOTE OCHO, Guatemala — Her husband was away in the fields, she said, when … More

South Africa: Community Voices Muted At Alternative Mining Indaba

18 FEBRUARY 2016 GroundUp (Cape Town) OPINION By Christopher Rutledge By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by … More

Africa: We Need a Real ‘Alternatives to Mining’ Indaba

By Farai Maguwu And Christelle Terreblanche 16th February 2016 This year’s alternative to mining conference in South Africa was a … More

Tanzania: In Defence of the Rights of the Poor to Land, Extractives Resources

1st January 2016 ANALYSIS By Deodatus Mfugale In September 2015, a group comprising eight non-governmental organisations that deal with land … More

Risks and challenges around human rights and conflict

Multinationals in conflict-affected areas This paper highlights some of the risks and challenges associated with multinational corporations operating in fragile … More

Canada: Time to Axe the Conservative Government’s Ineffective CSR Counsellor Office

News Release 22 January 2016, 3.34pm EST (Ottawa) Civil society groups are calling on the new Liberal federal government to … More

Ethiopia: Growth By Extraction

18th January 2016 ANALYSIS Throughout the price boom of the 2000s, extractive resources (mining, oil and gas) were seen as … More

Romanian village blocks Canadian firm from mining for gold

Rosia Montana declared site of historical interest, granting it protection from Gabriel Resources, which has tried for 15 years to … More

Canadian mining company suspends work at Greek site, lays off 600 after spat with government

By DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold said Tuesday it is suspending work … More

Zambia: Mining Acres of Diamonds in You

30th December 2015 OPINION PHIL McGraw says “Every one of us, you included, has within us everything we will ever … More