This doesn’t seem to have gotten very wide coverage, but it’s a great resource: https://www.mindthegap.ngo/ Press release – July 10, 2020 … More
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Chinese shooting of Zambian mineworkers triggers “re-evaluation” calls
Published by MAC on 2020-06-29Source: CNN (2020-06-29) Shooting of Zimbabwe workers by Chinese mine owner shows ‘systemic’ abuse, watchdog says … More
Tanzania: Tz Mining Reforms Excite World Experts
29 JUNE 2020 Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Daily News Reporter/Agencies PRESIDENT John Magufuli’s major mining reforms have caught attention … More
The Weekend Essay: Rhodes may Fall – but many other mining villains remain unscathed
Published by MAC on 2020-06-26Source: Nostromo Research, The Guardian (2020-06-25) London Calling proposes a new representation of past and present … More
Zimbabwe: Govt called to take decisive action on abusive Chinese employers
23rd June 2020 By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) secretary general Justice Chinhema has called … More
Ecuadorian Civil society organisations condemn Canadian Ambassador
Published by MAC on 2020-06-22Source: Mining Watch Canada (2020-06-19) The future fortunes of the Latin American state being promoted as … More
Mining’s “Pandemic Profiteering” – a new report
Published by MAC on 2020-06-18Source: NGO report (2020-06-02) Sponsored and researched by several organisations, a fresh inventory has just been … More
Nigeria: How Illegal Mining Is Driving Local Conflicts in Nigeria
Criminal networks fuel community violence in a bid to exploit untapped mineral deposits in the North West. 16 JUN 2020 / BY MAURICE … More
South Africa: Mining Case Poses Big Questions About the Right of Business to Silence Dissent
By Rebecca Davis 9 June 2020 A case to be heard this week by the Western Cape High Court poses … More
Kenya: Quarry Blasts – Bobasi Residents Decry Destruction of Houses, Loss of Livelihoods
By Rosemary Onchari 9 June 2020 Kisii — Residents in Kisii’s Nyamonema area bordering Bobasi and Bonchari constituencies have renewed … More
