Electric vehicles China dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology, but finding new sources is…
Send Rio Tinto a Message
Apr 9, 2021 | Actions, News Published here on 2nd May 2021 On 9 April 2021, Rio Tinto will be holding its Annual General Meeting…
Rio Tinto: No Progress, Only Hollow Talk
Apr 8, 2021 | News Published here on 2nd May 2021 To mark Rio Tinto’s 2021 AGM, campaigners from five continents came…
Barrick Gold lost its ‘social licence’ in Papua New Guinea. This is the price it’s paying to earn it back
New binding deal shows a path for building a mining company ‘acceptable to future generations,’ CEO says Author of the…
New mine owners trample on Namibian workers’ rights
A state-owned enterprise from China bought a huge stake in the Rössing Uranium Mine and immediately began downgrading working conditions…
3900 People Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala
15 April 2021, 12.18pm EDT Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Dear Pan American Silver, When you purchased the…
How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo
Ben Radley, University of Bath Sara Geenen, University of Antwerp April 12, 2021 5.23pm SAST Over the last few decades, African governments…
Zimbabwe: Lightning Strikes Dinde Twice – Defiant Villagers Battle to Stop Chinese Coal Project
11 APRIL 2021 Zimbabwe Standard (Harare) By Oscar Nkala Dinde is a sprawling, poverty-stricken community located 40km east of Hwange…
Ecuador’s Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement
9 April 2021, 5.07pm EDT Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator On Sunday April 11th, 10-million-plus Ecuadorians will decide…
No Relief for 4000 People Affected by Brazil Mine Spill
NEWS RELEASE 7 April 2021, 12.54pm EDT Source: Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL) – MiningWatch Canada (Ottawa/Montreal, April…