Barrick Gold and the Indigenous communities of Huasco, Chile Posted on September 30, 2015 This week’s guest writer is Adrienne…
Extractive Industries and Human Rights in Central Africa
29 September, 2015 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human…
Corporate bias at the World Bank Group
The World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes This briefing focuses on the main venue for settlement…
Can anything good come out of mining?
Posted on Monday Sep 28th, 2015, at 12:00am CONJUGATIONS By Lila Ramos Shahani It is difficult to lose the irony…
Tanzania: Dar Finds Massive Graphite Deposits
26th September, 2015 By Eric Kabendera The discovery of huge graphite deposits by three companies in Tanzania will help the…
Cyanide Spill in Argentina Highlights Canadian Mining Crimes
‘They cannot continue to handle affairs that are so delicate, that affect the environment and people this way.’ Published on…
South Africa: Strike at West Coast sand mine turns nasty
23rd September 2015 Mary-Anne Gontsana Workers at Australian-owned Tormin mine on the west coast are still on strike after a…
Ownership of privately-held companies: privacy versus transparency
BY ALEXANDRA WRAGE POSTED AUGUST 24, 2015 Beginning in 2016, corporations in the United Kingdom will have to disclose the…
The right to say “No”: Indigenous rights experts weigh in on community consent
August 20, 2015 Posted by Emily Greenspan Wearing traditional Kichwa dress, a group of indigenous women walk to their shared garden…
South Africa: Mining people for profits
17th August 2015 Opinion – Terry Bell Large scale redundancies in the South African mining sector, running to tens of…