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…
Canada: Illegal Mining Claims Discovered Inside Protected Area of Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba
12 September 2023, 10.46am EDT Source: Wilderness Committee (Winnipeg/Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Nation) Last week the Wilderness Committee discovered new mining…
Barrick subsidiary’s payments to Tanzanian officials triggered concerns over anti-corruption breaches, company e-mails show
GEOFFREY YORK, AFRICA BUREAU CHIEF Barrick Gold’s former subsidiary in Africa was paying as much as US$1.2-million annually to a powerful…
Algeria: A mine in the middle of paradise
The Tebboune government is brutally suppressing any protest against a lead-and-zinc mine being built in a RAMSAR protected area. The…
For Villagers in Zimbabwe, Lithium Boom Might Prove a Bust
As global demand skyrockets for the metal used in batteries, outside interests have stepped in to mine, leaving locals with…
First Quantum’s copper deal with Panama in jeopardy as protesters take to the streets
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT A hard-won Canadian copper mining contract in Panama has become the target of protests and legal…
5 critical minerals needed for clean energy, which Africa has in abundance
CHINEDU OKAFOR September 6, 2023 2:00 PM 5 critical minerals needed for clean energy, which Africa has in abundance Africa…