NEWS RELEASE 6 April 2021, 4.31pm EDT (Ottawa) Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister James Marape…
Mining industry takes advantage of pandemic to try to licence 13 projects at once in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Kenya gives Tullow ultimatum over Turkana oil fields
Thursday April 01 2021 Kenya has set a December deadline for British firm Tullow Oil to present a comprehensive investment…
US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining at Goldex Property in Guatemala
30 March 2021, 2.49pm EDT GuatemalaIndigenous Rights Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Seven organizations, including MiningWatch Canada, sent…
Brazil: Lack of Social Control in Mining Activities and the Aurizona Project
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Ghana: Management of mineral revenue questioned
March 26, 20210 1 minute read The co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has expressed…
Mexico – Fortuna Silver Mines: Licence to Pollute
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Kenya: Villagers Restless as Shanta Strikes Gold in Lirhanda
25 MARCH 2021 The Nation (Nairobi) By Derick Luvega The foreign firm that is prospecting for gold in the Lirhanda…
Kenya: UK Mining Firm to Pay Kenya Sh300 Million After Losing Licence Row
24 MARCH 2021 The Nation (Nairobi) By Alex Ndegwa Kenya will recover Sh300 million from a multinational that unsuccessfully challenged…
Mozambique: Court Orders Vale to Provide Information
24 MARCH 2021 Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo) Maputo — Mozambique’s Administrative Tribunal (TA) has condemned the Brazilian mining…