This doesn’t seem to have gotten very wide coverage, but it’s a great resource: https://www.mindthegap.ngo/ Press release – July 10, 2020…
Chinese shooting of Zambian mineworkers triggers “re-evaluation” calls
Published by MAC on 2020-06-29Source: CNN (2020-06-29) Shooting of Zimbabwe workers by Chinese mine owner shows ‘systemic’ abuse, watchdog says…
Tanzania: Tz Mining Reforms Excite World Experts
29 JUNE 2020 Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) By Daily News Reporter/Agencies PRESIDENT John Magufuli’s major mining reforms have caught attention…
The Weekend Essay: Rhodes may Fall – but many other mining villains remain unscathed
Published by MAC on 2020-06-26Source: Nostromo Research, The Guardian (2020-06-25) London Calling proposes a new representation of past and present…
Zimbabwe: Govt called to take decisive action on abusive Chinese employers
23rd June 2020 By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWE Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) secretary general Justice Chinhema has called…
Ecuadorian Civil society organisations condemn Canadian Ambassador
Published by MAC on 2020-06-22Source: Mining Watch Canada (2020-06-19) The future fortunes of the Latin American state being promoted as…
Mining’s “Pandemic Profiteering” – a new report
Published by MAC on 2020-06-18Source: NGO report (2020-06-02) Sponsored and researched by several organisations, a fresh inventory has just been…
Nigeria: How Illegal Mining Is Driving Local Conflicts in Nigeria
Criminal networks fuel community violence in a bid to exploit untapped mineral deposits in the North West. 16 JUN 2020 / BY MAURICE…
South Africa: Mining Case Poses Big Questions About the Right of Business to Silence Dissent
By Rebecca Davis 9 June 2020 A case to be heard this week by the Western Cape High Court poses…
Kenya: Quarry Blasts – Bobasi Residents Decry Destruction of Houses, Loss of Livelihoods
By Rosemary Onchari 9 June 2020 Kisii — Residents in Kisii’s Nyamonema area bordering Bobasi and Bonchari constituencies have renewed…
