Loren Bell, Mongabay-Indonesia correspondent September 26, 2014 CV Arjuna coal mine in Makroman. Photo: S. Yutinus Hardjanto. Baharuddin should be … More
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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
Areva suing over Kakadu
September 25, 2014, Amanda Saunders A worker sealing drums of yellowcake at Ranger uranium mine, which is surrounded by Kakadu … More
Canadian court rules aboriginal lawsuit against Rio Tinto can go ahead
Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2014 Labrador city. A Quebec judge has ruled that a $815 million (Cdn$900 million) lawsuit … More
Guatemala stokes conflict around mining by failing to consult communities
Amnesty International, News Release September 19, 2014 Photo: Local leader Yolanda Oquelí, who suffered an assassination attempt on June 2012 … More
Ixil communities of Nebaj express opposition to US-led extraction in their territory
Thursday, September 18, 2014 “Historically, we have never received the support of the state or the government for our development, … More
Mining licence was illegal, says Najib Balala
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Mining Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala during a cabinet retreat in Nanyuki on March 5, 2014. FILE … More
World Bank Tribunal Weighs Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) – A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in … More
Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology
Protesters gather in front of the World Bank to protest a lawsuit by OceanaGold against El Salvador in Washington, … More
Kenya conundrum: Kick out Maasai herders to develop geothermal energy?
In East Africa, a clash of two virtues: ancient homelands and clean energy. Kenya has incredible geothermal potential, but much … More