Centre for Environmental Rights report says slack financial reporting standards make it difficult to tell By John Yeld 20 June … More
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Guatemalan and International Organizations Dismayed Over U.S. Embassy Interference on Tahoe Case
12th June 2018 On June 11, over fifty Guatemalan and international organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy in … More
UN report tells Canada to do more to combat human rights abuse by business overseas
OTTAWA. June 12, 2018 –The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) says government must immediately implement the recommendations of a … More
Tanzania’s tough mining laws paying off
Saturday June 9, 2018 In Summary • Mining now contributes around 4.8 per cent to the GDP, up from 3.5 … More
India – ‘The martyrs did it’: bloody end to Indian copper plant saga
Published by MAC on 2018-06-08 Source: The Guardian (2018-06-05) Yet another British newspaper has come out with an expose of … More
Canada / India: Protestor deaths draw attention to years of misconduct by EDC client Vedanta
4 June 2018 Last month 13 people protesting the expansion of a copper smelter owned by Vedanta Limited were shot … More
Ghana: Newmont penalised for involvement in six mineworker deaths
Published by MAC on 2018-06-10 Source: Xinhua.net (2018-06-04) Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) has been fined nearly 8 million US … More
Ecuador: Chinese company ordered to stop mining in ground-breaking legal judgment
Published by MAC on 2018-06-04 Source: mining.com (2018-06-03) A Chinese company has been ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to halt … More
India: Bloody police killings of civil protestors against Vedanta’s copper operations
Published by MAC on 2018-05-23 Further deaths are now reported Late news: death toll officially stands at 13 The Tuticorin … More
Kenya to Audit Mining Licences
By Njiraini Muchira In Summary • Ministry of Mining says the licensing regime will be streamlined to ensure the government … More