Community Victory: Nicaragua Halts Canadian Gold-Mining Project

Published 13 October 2015 After months of campaigning, the Nicaraguan government has revoked B2Gold’s permit to mine Rancho Grande. The … More

South Africa: Will Gold Miners Get Justice?

9th October 2015 OPINION By Marcus Low In King Leopold’s Ghost, the historian Adam Hochschild uncovers the horrors committed in … More

West Africa: Keynote Address By H.E The President Of The Republic Of Ghana At The ECOMOF

9th October 2015 PRESS RELEASE Valorising West Africa’s Mineral & Petroleum Resources through Regional Cooperation. The Representative of H.E. the … More

Africa: Looking Beyond the Vision – An Africa Mining Vision (AMV) Compact with Private Sector Leaders in Africa

8th October 2015 DOCUMENT Speaking points for H.E. Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade & Industry, African Union Africa … More

Chile: Another Canadian gold mine

Barrick Gold and the Indigenous communities of Huasco, Chile Posted on September 30, 2015 This week’s guest writer is Adrienne … More

Extractive Industries and Human Rights in Central Africa

29 September, 2015 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human … More

Corporate bias at the World Bank Group

The World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes This briefing focuses on the main venue for settlement … More

Can anything good come out of mining?

Posted on Monday Sep 28th, 2015, at 12:00am CONJUGATIONS By Lila Ramos Shahani It is difficult to lose the irony … More

Tanzania: Dar Finds Massive Graphite Deposits

26th September, 2015 By Eric Kabendera The discovery of huge graphite deposits by three companies in Tanzania will help the … More

Cyanide Spill in Argentina Highlights Canadian Mining Crimes

‘They cannot continue to handle affairs that are so delicate, that affect the environment and people this way.’ Published on … More