Published by MAC on 2018-06-04 Source: mining.com (2018-06-03) A Chinese company has been ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to halt…
India: Bloody police killings of civil protestors against Vedanta’s copper operations
Published by MAC on 2018-05-23 Further deaths are now reported Late news: death toll officially stands at 13 The Tuticorin…
Kenya to Audit Mining Licences
By Njiraini Muchira In Summary • Ministry of Mining says the licensing regime will be streamlined to ensure the government…
Tanzania: How children are lured into mining
By Syriacus Buguzi sbuguzi@thecitizen.co.tz 10th May 2018 In Summary •The report, released earlier this week by researchers from the Ifakara…
Anglo American divests from Nautilus deep sea mining risks
Published by MAC on 2018-05-09 The major mining multinational Anglo American has divested from the Solwara 1 deep sea mining…
World: Restore sanity to high office, ban uranium shipments to nuclear-armed countries
Gerard Boyce | May 04, 2018 President Trump’s late night Twitter rants and the seemingly arbitrary manner in which he…
Over 200 million tonnes of mine wastes are dumped into world oceans
220 Million Tonnes! Earthworks 3rd May 2018 That’s how much hazardous waste mining companies dump directly into our oceans, rivers…
Corporate support for disclosing oil and mining deals is improving but more work needed to turn words into reality
Published: 3rd May 2018 A new Oxfam survey of 40 oil, gas and mining companies has found that they are…
Africa: Phones, Electric Cars and Human Rights Abuses – 5 Things You Need to Know
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…