HAITI – Haitian Communities File Complaint about World Bank-Supported Mining Law

January 7, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haitian Communities File Complaint about World Bank-Supported Mining Law Sound Alarm about Lack of … More

KENYA – Oil firm has no permission to start work, says official

Sunday, December 28, 2014 Mining cabinet secretary Najib Balala. The county government did not give consent to a company to start … More

ECUADOR / CANADA – Epic Chevron Battle Lands in Canadian Court

Oil giant asks Canadian Supreme Court to rewrite laws in attempt to avoid seizure of assets by Ecuadorian rainforest communities … More

Investors may have to pay royalties

Saturday, November 29, 2014 By OUMA WANZALA An oilrig worker at Ngamia 3 oil exploration site in Nakukulas Village, Turkana … More

County ordered to stop collecting titanium levy

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 By By GITONGA MARETE and BRIAN OCHARO Transition Authority chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi. He said the Constitution does … More

The inequitable governance of multinational mining companies in peripheral economies

Even despite the rise of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries, the global extractive industry can be placed … More

Tullow faces worker unrest at Turkana exploration sites

BY Jevans N. Miyungu Updated Sunday, October 12th 2014 at 00:00 GMT +3 Ngamia-1 A general view shows an oil … More

Guatemalan Government, Canadian Mining Industry Responsible for Violent Conflicts

Published 2 October 2014 Indigenous peasants living around Canadian mining company GoldCorp’s mine, march July 28, 2010 in Guatemala City … More

Coal mine has heavy impact in Indonesian Borneo

Loren Bell, Mongabay-Indonesia correspondent September 26, 2014 CV Arjuna coal mine in Makroman. Photo: S. Yutinus Hardjanto. Baharuddin should be … More

Miners ordered to hand back land to natives in Colombia

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2014 Colombian soldiers patrol an area controlled by the FARC. (Image from archives) A Colombian … More