Published by MAC on 2019-05-14 Source: Vatican News (2019-05-03) Four years ago, the Roman Catholic Pope issued a ground-breaking (rather, “earth…
Namibia: Local Ownership Better for Sustainability of Mining Industry – Alweendo
By Edgar Brandt 9th May 2019 Windhoek — Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, yesterday revealed that some foreign…
Zambia claimants inch closer to compensation by UK’s Vedanta
THURSDAY APRIL 18 2019 A mining site. The UK Supreme Court has allowed more than 2,000 claimants from Zambia to…
Congo-Kinshasa: The DRC and China’s Sicomines – Why Future Deals Should Be Different
3rd APRIL 2019 Photo: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters Media ExpressCopper cathodes at an open pit copper mine.ANALYSIS It was confidently billed at the…
Kenya: Squatters threaten protests over titanium mining
‘WHERE WILL WE GO?’ More than 10,000 residents in 16 villages will be affected 20 March 2019 In Summary •…
Beneficiation is touted as a silver bullet. Why it might not be
March 12, 2019 3.52pm SAST Wouter Bam, Stellenbosch University, Karolien De Bruyne, KU Leuven Like other mineral producing countries, South Africa has considered implementing…
South Africa: Minister Told to Put Community Rights Above Demands of Mining Companies
10 FEBRUARY 2019 Notes from the House (Cape Town) The communities of Matzikama municipality in the northernmost reaches of South…
Guatemala under fire from international organisations
Published by MAC on 2019-02-04 Government and US company seeking to undermine Constitution For earlier newspiece, please see: Fifty international…
Congo-Kinshasa: How Today’s Crisis in the Congo Began
By Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli 31st January 2019 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is both one of the…
South Africa: World’s Worst Air is in South African Coal Community
By Anita Powell 30th January 2019 Middelburg — Thirty-five-year-old Patrick Mdluli considered himself healthy until he moved two years ago…
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