Sunday 23rd February 2020 Kenya law professor, Patrick Loch Otieno (PLO) Lumumba By Alfred Zacharia @azacharia3 azacharia@tz.nationmedia.com Dar es Salaam. Kenya law…
Colombia looks to recover $181.5m in alleged unpaid royalties from South32
Reuters 19th February 2020 Colombia has launched an investigation over alleged unpaid royalties of619 billion pesos ($181.5 million) from iron…
Indian Adivasis face destruction of historic Hasdeo forest
Published by MAC on 2020-02-12Source: Guardian (2020-02-10) A rash of newly approved mines could destroy swathes of the Hasdeo Arand…
Battling for lithium – and water – in Chile’s Atacama desert
Published by MAC on 2020-02-12Source: Reuters (2020-02-10) Top lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in parched Chile salt flat…
Africa: A Tale of Two Indabas – Cape Town’s Parallel Mining Conferences and ‘The New Scramble for Africa’
6th February 2020 Martha Marcuson Global Witness (London) PRESS RELEASE In Cape Town this week, two very different conferences on…
The Mid-Week Essay: How India’s rulers betrayed its Adivasis
Published by MAC on 2020-02-11Source: Ground Xero (India) (2020-02-04) Post-Posco period is scarred by illegality, violence, and blatant deception A…
Tanzania: Dar-Barrick Deal Lauded As Best Ever
31st January 2020 Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Nelly Mtema in Dodoma THE recently sealed Tanzania Barrick mining deal has…
The Weekend Essay: DR Congo mining victims finally claim global spotlight
Published by MAC on 2020-01-31 Source: Raid, AFREWATCH (2020-01-28) After more than a decade, some of the most vicious and enduring…
Brief History
The plunder of natural resources by mining / extractive companies is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle.…
Nigeria: Analysis – Shady Practices By Registered Mining Companies Cost Nigeria BILLIONS OF NAIRA
Photo: Dame Yinka/Wikimedia Commons Illegal miners in Itagun, Nigeria separate mud and stones from the raw material, gold. 22 JANUARY 2020…
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