19 JANUARY 2021 Radio France Internationale After six years of seeking damages for the pollution that has affected their lives,…
Canada: New Map Shows Dozens of Mine Pollution Threats in BC
NEWS RELEASE 19 January 2021, 4.43pm EST Source: BC Mining Law Reform – SkeenaWild – Northern Confluence – MiningWatch Canada [See…
Chilean Court sides with indigenous communities in Cerro Colorado water case
Published by MAC on 2021-01-16Source: Reuters, Miningnews.net (2021-01-26) The mine extracted about 1.2% of the country’s total copper output in…
Africa: How Do We Reverse the Resource Curse?
Africa In Fact (Johannesburg) ANALYSIS By Ross Harvey 15th January 2021 Scholar Richard Auty first coined the phrase ‘resource curse’…
Kenya: Chaos rocks Macalder mines as factions clash
Ian Byron, Nation Media Group Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Tension is high at Macalder’s Copper Hill Mines in Nyatike after two…
Mining company to pay New Mexico $11 million for toxic Gold King spill
By Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.com Jan 13, 2021 Updated Jan 13, 2021 The state of New Mexico has reached an $11 million settlement…
Guinea: Steinmetz Trial: The Largest Corruption Case in the Mining Sector Goes to Court in Geneva
Public Eye (Zurich/Lausanne) PRESS RELEASE Today, a historic trial is starting in Calvin’s city. Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz faces charges…
Congo-Kinshasa: In Secret Action, Trump Administration Granted License to Sanctioned Mining Billionaire Dan Gertler
The Sentry (Washington, DC) ANNOUNCEMENT Washington, DC — Experts Recommend Banks Maintain Blocks on Gertler-Linked Assets and Transactions In a secret, last-minute…
UPDATE: 1 UK shareholder raises concerns over Rio/BHP Arizona mine
By Clara Denina, Ernest Scheyder LONDON/HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – A leading British local government pension group has urged mining…
Former security chief at Hudbay mine pleads guilty in Guatemala
Published by MAC on 2021-01-08Source: The Star, Financial Post (2021-01-11) Previous article on MAC: Hudbay Minerals shareholders asked to donate their…