23 February 2024, 11:46pm EST Jamie Kneen National Program Co-Lead On February 13, 2024, at SSR Mining’s Çöpler gold mine in…
Africa Should Work On Mineral Value Addition, Taxation to Maximize Economic Benefit
20 FEBRUARY 2024 The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa) By Zekarias WOLDEMARIAM Despite having abundant natural mineral resources, Africa still struggles to…
Turkey suspends search for SSR Mining employees who went missing after landslide
NIALL MCGEE, MINING REPORTER A rescue effort to find nine employees of SSR Mining Inc. who went missing after a landslide…
Canada: Putting an end to free mining | 100 signatures for a letter in support of the Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation’s legal action
19 February 2024, 8:00am EST Source: MiningWatch Canada – Coalition Québec meilleure mine Montreal – One hundred (100) Indigenous people, academics, and…
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 – and making mining ‘greener’ won’t stop the damage
Published: February 16, 2024 3.03pm SAST Gareth Dale, Brunel University London The United Nations’ flagship Global Resources Outlook report is the portrait of…
Kenya: State Enters Into A Deal With UK’s Firm To Revive Fluorspar Mining In Elgeyo Marakwet
By KEN MUTHOMI Published February 16, 2024 Kenya has signed a contract with the United Kingdom’s Soy-Fujax Mining Company for…
Over 100 International Organizations Denounce Belo Sun’s Efforts to Criminalize Brazilian Land Defenders
16 February 2024, 9:15am EST Source: MiningWatch Canada The Canadian mining company Belo Sun is attempting to build the Volta…
Kiruswa: Tanzania has almost all rare minerals
Ally Mayala 15th February 2024 TANZANIA: TANZANIA has almost all the critical minerals which the world is looking for. It needs…
MiningWatch’s Viviana Herrera Testifies Before Canada’s International Trade Committee on a Possible Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement
BLOG ENTRY 14 February 2024, 1:31pm EST Viviana Herrera Latin America Program Coordinator On February 13, MiningWatch Canada’s Latin America…
Africa: Human-rights groups decry rising trend of corporate SLAPP lawsuits
GEOFFREY YORK, AFRICA BUREAU CHIEFTAVIA GRANTJOHANNESBURG AND TORONTOPUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGO When a Canadian mining company filed a lawsuit against…