13/09/2023 09:58 PORT SUDAN A worker pans for gold in a pool containing mercury in Sudan (File photo: Leyland Cecco) A … More
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20 September – Resisting Mining Book Club: Vanishing Sands
Sep 13, 2023 | Events, News LMN is delighted to announce our fifth Resisting Mining Book Club 2023 with guest speakers Orrin Pilkey, … More
Colombia: 19 September – Stop Corporate Lawsuits
Sep 13, 2023 | Events, News On 19 September, friends of London Mining Network will be hosting a webinar following up on the #StopISDS … More
DR Congo: Huge expansion in cobalt and copper mining is ‘wrecking lives’ – new report
12 Sep 2023, 12:20pm Kolwezi, where many homes have been destroyed since the mine was reopened in 2015 © Amnesty International … More
Canada: Illegal Mining Claims Discovered Inside Protected Area of Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba
12 September 2023, 10.46am EDT Source: Wilderness Committee (Winnipeg/Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Nation) Last week the Wilderness Committee discovered new mining … More
Barrick subsidiary’s payments to Tanzanian officials triggered concerns over anti-corruption breaches, company e-mails show
GEOFFREY YORK, AFRICA BUREAU CHIEF Barrick Gold’s former subsidiary in Africa was paying as much as US$1.2-million annually to a powerful … More
Algeria: A mine in the middle of paradise
The Tebboune government is brutally suppressing any protest against a lead-and-zinc mine being built in a RAMSAR protected area. The … More
For Villagers in Zimbabwe, Lithium Boom Might Prove a Bust
As global demand skyrockets for the metal used in batteries, outside interests have stepped in to mine, leaving locals with … More
First Quantum’s copper deal with Panama in jeopardy as protesters take to the streets
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT A hard-won Canadian copper mining contract in Panama has become the target of protests and legal … More
5 critical minerals needed for clean energy, which Africa has in abundance
CHINEDU OKAFOR September 6, 2023 2:00 PM 5 critical minerals needed for clean energy, which Africa has in abundance Africa … More