Thursday 7 April 2016 14:15 GMT London-listed gold miner Acacia Mining has been accused of engaging in “a sophisticated scheme…
Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad
By SUZANNE DALEY, APRIL 2, 2016 LOTE OCHO, Guatemala — Her husband was away in the fields, she said, when…
South Africa: Community Voices Muted At Alternative Mining Indaba
18 FEBRUARY 2016 GroundUp (Cape Town) OPINION By Christopher Rutledge By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by…
Africa: We Need a Real ‘Alternatives to Mining’ Indaba
By Farai Maguwu And Christelle Terreblanche 16th February 2016 This year’s alternative to mining conference in South Africa was a…
Tanzania: In Defence of the Rights of the Poor to Land, Extractives Resources
1st January 2016 ANALYSIS By Deodatus Mfugale In September 2015, a group comprising eight non-governmental organisations that deal with land…
Risks and challenges around human rights and conflict
Multinationals in conflict-affected areas This paper highlights some of the risks and challenges associated with multinational corporations operating in fragile…
Canada: Time to Axe the Conservative Government’s Ineffective CSR Counsellor Office
News Release 22 January 2016, 3.34pm EST (Ottawa) Civil society groups are calling on the new Liberal federal government to…
Ethiopia: Growth By Extraction
18th January 2016 ANALYSIS Throughout the price boom of the 2000s, extractive resources (mining, oil and gas) were seen as…
Romanian village blocks Canadian firm from mining for gold
Rosia Montana declared site of historical interest, granting it protection from Gabriel Resources, which has tried for 15 years to…
Canadian mining company suspends work at Greek site, lays off 600 after spat with government
By DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold said Tuesday it is suspending work…
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