1st March 2018 FROM DAILY NEWS REPORTER IN GEITA GEITA Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded four workers of the … More
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Tanzania: JPM Does Us Proud On Tanzanite
Brown Jonas 28th February 2018 AFTER the works to build a concrete wall measuring 24.5km around the Mirerani mining quarries–the … More
Tanzania Mining Law to Lock Out Foreign Banks
17th February 2018 By Beatrice Materu In Summary – Mining Regulations on Local Content (2018), which came into effect in … More
Kenya: UK Company to Survey Sh161 Billion Kakamega Gold
By Victor Juma 19th February 2018 In Summary – The announcement is a signal that the multinational could soon join … More
Mining firms sue Kenya over permits
By James Kariuki 7th February 2018 IN SUMMARY – The government said Cortec’s 21-year licence was unprocedurally issued and was … More
Africa: Mining Legislation in Africa Gone Back to Colonial Days
PRESS RELEASE 5th February 2018 Mining in Africa has reverted to the pre-independence days of colonialism in which legal regimes … More
New Evidence of Africa’s Systematic Looting, From an Increasingly Schizophrenic World Bank
Patrick Bond A brand new World Bank report, The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018, offers evidence of how much poorer … More
Tanzania’s Mining Firms Have Three Months to Comply With Law
By Beatrice Materu 23rd January 2018 In summary: – New guidelines pushed for the mandatory listing of mining companies on … More
Brazil: Gold mine case bolsters Indigenous rights in Brazil. In a political climate widely seen to privilege industry, decision to uphold the suspension of a Canadian miner’s licence is a tidal shift
The Globe and Mail 18 Dec 2017 STEPHANIE NOLEN, RIO DE JANEIRO A Brazilian appeals court has upheld the suspension … More
Tanzania: Who Should Shoulder the Blame for Rot in Mining?
23 NOVEMBER 2016 The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) By Kelvin Matandiko Dar es Salaam — Tanzania, sitting on a fortune … More