Guests from governments, business and regional organizations gathered to discuss how to make the best of the green commodity boom.…
Malaysia: Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 20 2023 (IPS) – The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have…
South Africa: Copper Boom Sparks Conflict Between Mine and Residents of Northern Cape Town
Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp (CC BY-ND 4.0) Jubilee copper mine is just outside Concordia, a small town in the Northern…
Nigeria: Rush for Solid Minerals Turns Farmers Into Sacrificial Lambs in Nasarawa
The excavation site at Toto 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 Premium Times (Abuja) By Eniitan Olorunyomi Chinese companies are at the forefront…
Canada: Proposed tailings dam expansion would become world’s second largest yet doesn’t automatically require environmental assessment
14 September 2023, 11.57am EDT Source: Wilderness Committee + 21 organizations səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) –…
Malaysia: Enhancing Mining Revenue
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 13 2023 (IPS) – The commodity boom early this century was mainly driven by…
Sudan activist warns of ‘dire consequences’ of toxic gold extraction
13/09/2023 09:58 PORT SUDAN A worker pans for gold in a pool containing mercury in Sudan (File photo: Leyland Cecco) A…
20 September – Resisting Mining Book Club: Vanishing Sands
Sep 13, 2023 | Events, News LMN is delighted to announce our fifth Resisting Mining Book Club 2023 with guest speakers Orrin Pilkey,…
Colombia: 19 September – Stop Corporate Lawsuits
Sep 13, 2023 | Events, News On 19 September, friends of London Mining Network will be hosting a webinar following up on the #StopISDS…
DR Congo: Huge expansion in cobalt and copper mining is ‘wrecking lives’ – new report
12 Sep 2023, 12:20pm Kolwezi, where many homes have been destroyed since the mine was reopened in 2015 © Amnesty International…
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