Amnesty International (London) 1st May 2018 ANALYSIS The phone you’re using or the electric car you’re driving could be linked…
Peruvian president advocates for sustainable mining
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud 30th April 2018 Peru’s new President, Martín Vizcarra, said Saturday that he was in favour of promoting…
South Africa: Villagers Demand the Right to Say No to Mining in Their Community
Court Case May Have Far-Reaching Implications for Mining Companies PRESS RELEASE By Dewa Mavhinga 25th April 2018 This week, the…
Rampal power plant – condemned by Norwegian Ethics Council
Published by MAC on 2018-03-21 Norway’s Council on Ethics advises the Government Pension Fund Global on its investments, making recommendations…
India: With Goa’s MLAs Set to Ask for Mining Lease Extensions, the Politician-Miner Nexus Comes Full Circle
By Claude Alvares and Rahul Basu on 04/03/2018 The Wire 4 March 2018 The state’s politicians could’ve used recent court…
Tanzania: Court Remands Four Miners for Deliberate Environmental Destruction
1st March 2018 FROM DAILY NEWS REPORTER IN GEITA GEITA Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded four workers of the…
Tanzania: JPM Does Us Proud On Tanzanite
Brown Jonas 28th February 2018 AFTER the works to build a concrete wall measuring 24.5km around the Mirerani mining quarries–the…
Tanzania Mining Law to Lock Out Foreign Banks
17th February 2018 By Beatrice Materu In Summary – Mining Regulations on Local Content (2018), which came into effect in…
Kenya: UK Company to Survey Sh161 Billion Kakamega Gold
By Victor Juma 19th February 2018 In Summary – The announcement is a signal that the multinational could soon join…
Mining firms sue Kenya over permits
By James Kariuki 7th February 2018 IN SUMMARY – The government said Cortec’s 21-year licence was unprocedurally issued and was…