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…
Kenya: Sale of UK firm’s Narok gold mine now pushed to February
UK’s gold mining firm Goldplat has put off the sale of its gold mine in Narok County to the end…
OceanaGold Still Unwanted in the Philippines
NEWS RELEASE, 4 January 2021, 1.37pm EST (Ottawa/Washington) Throughout 2020, Indigenous Ifugao maintained their blockade of OceanaGold’s copper-gold project in Didipio,…
Canada: Ottawa rejects bid by China’s Shandong Gold for TMAC Resources
Concerns about national security in the Arctic coupled with U.S. government pressure. Published by MAC on 2021-01-04Source: The Globe and…
Tanzania: Humble artisanal mining minted billionaires in 2020
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2020 Summary Tanzanite miner Saniniu Laizer became a billionaire overnight, after finding two stones of the gemstone…
